Johann von Grant
Johann von Grant (* 1710 ; † December 12, 1764 ) was a royal Prussian major general, chief of the Fusilier Regiment No. 44 and commandant of the Neisse fortress .
He comes from Scotland and was initially in Russian service and was adjutant to Field Marshal Peter von Lacy . There he was trained and then recommended to the Prussian King Friedrich II . With him, Field Marshal James Keith and Robert Keith moved from Ludquhairn to Prussia.
This took him into his service as a captain in September 1747 and made him his wing adjutant. On July 8, 1754, he was promoted to major.
At the beginning of the Seven Years' War in 1756 and 1757 he was in the king's army. After the battle of Prague he was sent to London to bring the news of victory. The king was delighted and gave the bearer 1000 pounds sterling, a golden box and a golden sword. On May 28, 1757, he returned from London to join the king's army. In January 1758 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in December 1758 he was made a colonel. On March 14, 1759 he received the appointment to major general and was commandant of Neisse. In February 1760 he received the Füselier Regiment No. 44 (Hoffmann). He never commanded the regiment personally, but stayed in Silesia . In the spring of 1761 he negotiated about an exchange of prisoners between Prussians and Austrians, but the negotiations were unsuccessful. Afterwards he was busy repairing the fortress.
He died unmarried in December 1764 in Neisse, where he was buried.
The following is reported: During his return from London he was stuck in Stade for 14 days . There he met some Allied officers whom he persuaded to report to the Prussian king and then to join the army under Ferdinand von Braunschweig to fight the French with him. When the deputies wanted to go to the king, the king initially refused to receive them. The deputies were about to leave when he changed his mind and finally accepted the officers. The advertising went a long way toward Grant's subsequent promotion.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann von Grant . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 65–66 ( Johann von Grant in the Google book search, addendum in Volume IV, 1791, pp. 378–379 in the Google book search).
- New historical hand dictionary. 1800, p. 669, digitized
- Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Burg-Prussian state and army. 1861, p. 497, digitized
- General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 1. Section, Volume 88, 1868, p. 4, digitized
- Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 1, 1854, p. 281, digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ To: Martin Guddat : Grenadiers, Musketeers, Fusiliers: the infantry of Frederick the Great
- ↑ It is said to come from Dunlugus, Banffshire , see: James Grant: The Scotisch Soldiers of Fortune. 1889, p. 63, digitized
- ↑ after: Rebecca Karen Wills: Jacobites in Russia 1715-1750. P. 229, he belongs to the Grant von Dalvey and was the nephew of Patrik Grant von Dunlugus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grant, Johann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grant, John; Le Grant, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish officer, most recently Prussian Major General, Chief of Fusilier Regiment No. 44, Commander of the Neisse fortress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1710 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1764 |