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{{Infobox military person |
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| name = Sir Charles Grant |
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| birth_date = 1877 |
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| death_date = 1950 |
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| placeofburial = Balmacaan, [[Glen Urquhart]], [[Inverness-shire]] |
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| death_place = [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]] |
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| allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] |
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| branch =[[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]] |
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| serviceyears =1897 - 1940 |
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| rank =[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] |
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| commands =3rd Bn [[Coldstream Guards]]<br>137 (Staffordshire) Brigade<br>[[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Infantry Brigade]]<br>[[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division|53rd (Welsh) Division]]<br>[[London District (British Army)|London District]]<br>[[Scottish Command]] |
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| battles = [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] |
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| awards = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br>[[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]<br>[[Distinguished Service Order]] |
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| relations = |
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Charles John Cecil Grant''' [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1877–1950) was a [[British Army]] General during [[World War II]]. |
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==Military career== |
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Charles Grant was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Coldstream Guards]] in 1897.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/grant/gr20-0.htm Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served in the [[Second Boer War]] in [[South Africa]] from 1899 to 1902.<ref name=lh/> |
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He also served in [[World War I]] initially as a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Brigade Major]] for [[3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Infantry Brigade]] which formed part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] deployed to [[France]] in 1914.<ref name=lh/> He was a [[General Staff Officer]] in various formations before becoming temporary [[Commander]] of [[1st Mechanised Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Infantry Brigade]] in 1917.<ref name=lh/> In 1918 he was assigned to General Headquarters of the [[French Army]], as a liaison officer between General Sir [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Henry Hughes Wilson]], [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] and French Marshal [[Ferdinand Foch]].<ref name=lh/> |
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He became [[Commanding Officer]] of 3rd Bn [[Coldstream Guards]] in 1919 moving on to join the General Staff in [[Egypt]] in 1921.<ref name=lh/> In 1925 he became [[Commander]] of 137 (Staffordshire) Brigade and in 1927 [[Commander]] of [[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Infantry Brigade]].<ref name=lh/> |
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In 1930 he became [[General Officer Commanding]] [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division|53rd (Welsh) Division]] and in 1932 [[Major-General commanding the Household Division|Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards]] and [[General Officer Commanding]] [[London District (British Army)|London District]].<ref name=lh/> In 1937 he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Chief of [[Scottish Command]] and [[Governor of Edinburgh Castle]] retiring from that post in 1940.<ref name=lh/> |
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He was also Honorary Colonel of the [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] from 1930 to 1946.<ref name=lh/> |
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He owned and mainly lived at Pitchford Hall<ref>[http://pitchfordplace.ning.com/forum/topics/owners-of-pitchford-manor Pitchford Place]</ref> in [[Shropshire]].<ref>[http://www.pitchfordestate.com/homepage.html Pitchford Estate]</ref> |
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==Family== |
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He was married in 1903 to [[Sybil Grant|Sybil Myra Caroline]], eldest daughter of [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery]] and had one son.<ref>[http://www.pitchfordestate.com/history.html Pitchford Estate: History]</ref> |
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==Later Life== |
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Grant died at his wife's property, The Durdans, [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]], aged 73, in November 1950, and was buried in the family grave at Balmacaan, [[Glen Urquhart]], [[Inverness-shire]], Scotland.<ref name=ShrewsChron>{{cite news|work=Shrewsbury Chronicle|date=17 November 1950|page=4}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{s-bef|before=[[Albemarle Cator]]}} |
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Major-General commanding the Household Division|GOC London District]]|years=1932–1934}} |
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{{s-aft|after=[[Bertram Sergison-Brooke|Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke]]}} |
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{{s-bef|before=[[Archibald Rice Cameron|Sir Archibald Cameron]]}} |
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Scottish Command|GOC-in-C Scottish Command]]|years=1937–1940}} |
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{{s-aft|after=[[Harold Carrington|Sir Harold Carrington]]}} |
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{{end}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Grant, Charles |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British Army general |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1877 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1950 |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Charles}} |
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[[Category:1877 births]] |
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[[Category:1950 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]] |
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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] |
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[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]] |
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[[Category:Coldstream Guards officers]] |
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[[Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War]] |
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[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]] |
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[[Category:British Army World War II generals]] |
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Revision as of 21:30, 28 August 2012
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