Charles Grant (General)

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Charles John Cecil Grant , KCB , KCVO , DSO (born August 13, 1877 in London ; † November 9, 1950 in Epsom , Surrey ) was a British general in the British Army , who last among other things was Commander-in-Chief of the Scotland Command from 1937 to 1940 of the army.

Life

Charles John Cecil Grant, son of Lieutenant General Robert Grant and his wife Victoria Alexandrina Cotes, completed an officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst after attending the renowned Harrow School . After graduation, he was accepted as a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards Grenadier Regiment in 1897, where he was promoted to first lieutenant in 1898 . He took part in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902 and was promoted to major in 1903 . After further posts as an officer and staff officer , he took part in the First World War between 1914 and 1918 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his military services in 1915 . In 1916 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel . At the end of the First World War, between October 1917 and March 1918 he was Brigadier General Kommandeur ( Commanding Officer ) of the 1st Brigade deployed on the Western Front in France .

After the end of the war, Grant was commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards between 1919 and 1921 and then from November 1921 to October 1925 Chief of Staff of the High Command of British Forces in Egypt . Then he took the rank of colonel (Colonel) 1927 use as commander from November 1925 to November 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade . He then acted as Brigadier General (Brigadier) between August 1927 and March 1930 as Commander of the 8th Brigade (8th Infantry Brigade) and was 1930 Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). As Major General (Major-General) he was from June 1930 to December 1932 Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division (53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division) and subsequently in December 1932 as the successor to Major General Albemarle Cator commander of the Military District London (District Officer Commanding London District) . He remained in this post until December 1934 and was then replaced by Major General Bertram Sergison-Brooke. In this position he was in 1934 to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) transported and on 12 December 1934 for Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order beaten (KCVO), after which he henceforth the additional name Sir led.

On February 1, 1937, Charles Grant was also beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and promoted to general . As such, he succeeded General Archibald Cameron in February 1937 as General Officer Commanding in Chief Scottish Command and remained there until his retirement in February 1940, whereupon Lieutenant General Harold Carrington was his successor there started.

Charles John Cecil Grant married Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose on March 28, 1903, whose father Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery was Prime Minister between 1894 and 1895 , and the daughter of Hannah de Rothschild. From this marriage the son of Charles Robert Archibald Grant of Cotes emerged, the Lieutenant of the Royal Navy and CEO of the pressure gauges manufacturer Barnett Instruments Ltd .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 255
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 165
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 529
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 269
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 243
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 118
  7. ↑ a b KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 100
predecessor Office successor
General Archibald Cameron General Officer Commanding in Chief Scottish Command
1937–1940 		Lieutenant General Harold Carrington
personal data
SURNAME Grant, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grant, Charles John Cecil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1950
Place of death Epsom , Surrey