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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Grant    
First Name(s)  James Hope    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1808    
Year of Death  1875    
Entry  Son of Francis Grant : born July 22, 1808 : educated at Edinburgh and Hofwyl, Switzerland : remained in the 9th Lancers from Colonel in 1826 to Maj- General in 1858 : Brig-Major to Lord Saltoun in the first Chinese war, 1840-2 : C.B. : in the first Sikh war, 1845-6, including Sobraon : in the Panjab campaign of 1848-9, at Ramnagar, Chilianwala and Gujarat : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : was at Umbala when the mutiny broke out : Brigadier of the cavalry : at Badli-kasarai : at the siege of Delhi : the relief of Lucknow : Cawnpur : commanded movable columns and the trans-Gogra force : K.C.B., 1858 : commanded in the second Chinese war, 1 860-1 : captured the Taku forts and Pekin : G.C.B. : C. in C. at Madras, Dec. 1861-May, 1865 : Q.M.G. of the Army, 1865-70 : in command at Aldershot, 1870, where he initiated the autumn manoeuvres, and introduced many improvements : he was strong in his religious views : died March 7, 1875.     
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