Alfred Ernest Albert Grant

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Admiral Alfred E. A. Grant, 1918.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

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]

On 7 July 1887, he was loaned to the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 46 for manoeuvres.[2]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1896.[3]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[4]

He was captain of Barfleur from October 1907 to June of the following year.[5]

He commanded Lord Nelson from March 1910 to November 1911.[6]

Great War

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 May, 1915, vice Gillett.[7]

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.[8] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[9]

Bibliography

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

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 46
7 Jul, 1887[10]
Succeeded by
William White
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 046
Preceded by
Charles H. Dundas
Captain of H.M.S. Forte
Feb, 1905[11]
Succeeded by
Herbert J. O. Millar
Preceded by
Peyton Hoskyns
Captain of H.M.S. Barfleur
Oct, 1907[12]
Succeeded by
Hugh T. Hibbert
Preceded by
?
Captain of Chatham Gunnery School
1 Jun, 1908[13]
Succeeded by
Brian H. F. Barttelot
Preceded by
Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.
Captain of H.M.S. Lord Nelson
Mar, 1910[14]
Succeeded by
Edmund H. Smith
Preceded by
Godfrey H. B. Mundy
Captain Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard
5 Dec, 1911[15]
Succeeded by
Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26757. p. 3978. 10 July, 1896.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4181. 1 July, 1904.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 29175. p. 5107. 28 May, 1915.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 354.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 548.

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