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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]]'''
 
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown]]'''
 
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown]]'''
 
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[[Category:1861 births|Grant]]
 
[[Category:1861 births|Grant]]

Revision as of 18:22, 17 July 2012

Admiral Alfred Ernest Albert Grant, Royal Navy, Retired (10 April, 1861 – 14 August, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1884.[1]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1896.[2]

Great War

Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 May, 1915, vice Gillett.[4]

Post War

Grant was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 November, 1919, vice Browning, and placed on the Retired List on 2 November.[5] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[6]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26757. p. 3978. 10 July, 1896.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4181. 1 July, 1904.
  4. London Gazette: no. 29175. p. 5107. 28 May, 1915.
  5. London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  6. London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Grant" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 15 August, 1933. Issue 46523, col E, pg. 12.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Godfrey H. B. Mundy
Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard
1911 – 1915
Succeeded by
Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown