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GRANGER—GRANT. of 15 gun-boats, near Fredericksvaen, on the coast of Norway. Mr. Grandy, whose appointment to the had been confirmed on 25 of the previous March, subsequently joined – 6 Nov. 1809, the  18, Capts. Robt. Keen, Arden Adderley, John Haswell, and Thos. Percival, under the first of whom he contributed to the capture of the Capricieux privateer of 16 guns, near Dieppe, 11 March, 1810 – 30 July, 1812, the 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, in which vessel he served, on the Home, north coast of Spain, West India, and American stations, until Oct. 1815 – 14 Sept. 1818, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, the, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 22 Jan. 1822, the Coast Guard – 10 Feb. 1824, the 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, under whom he again served, as a Supernumerary, jn the Coast Blockade – 20 March and 23 June, 1829, the and  Revenue-vessels, which he successively commanded until April, 1832 – and again, on 3 May in the latter year, the Coast Guard. He left that service on advancement to his present rank, 2 Jan. 1837; but, returning to it, as an Inspecting Commander, 5 May, 1812, continued to officiate in that capacity until 1846. He is now on half-pay.

Commander Grandy is Senior of 1837. – Fred. Dufaur.

 GRANGER. 

was born about 1769.

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 178.5, as A. B., on board the Hyaena 24, Capt. Pat. Sinclair, employed off the coast of Ireland. From Jan. 1787, until March, 1793, he served, as Midshipman, on the same, and on the Channel and West India stations, in the, flag-ship of Lord Hood, , Capt. John Drew, , Capt. Davidge Gould, , Capt. John Sutton, , Capt. John Thos. Duckworth,, Capt. Alex. John Ball, and, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse. He then sailed for the Mediterranean in the 74, Capts. Wm. Young and Thos. Taylor, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant by commission dated 7 Oct. 1793. After assisting at the reduction of Corsica in 1794, and being for a short time attached to the 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor, he was appointed, at the Cape of Good Hope, 27 Jan. and 16 July, 1796, to the 36, Capt. Edw. Buller, and 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone; under the former of whom he witnessed the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay. He was promoted, on the latter station, to the command, 10 May, 1797, of the sloop; from which vessel he removed, 8 Nov. 1797, to the  16. On 16 Sept. 1799, Capt. Granger was made Post into the 50, bearing the broad pendant, also at the Cape, of Commodore Geo. Losack. In that ship, on 11 of the following Oct. during the absence of the Commodore, he brought to close action, after a long running fight, the French frigate La Preneuse of 40 guns and 300 men. Being, however, unable, in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, to open her lower-deck ports, the was ultimately obliged to discontinue the action, in order to repair her damages; and the enemy accordingly effected his escape. Capt. Granger’s subsequent appointments were, after an interval of 12 months – 1 Jan. 1801, to the 24, employed, until Jan. 1802, in the Baltic and Channel – 3 Jan. 1805, for rather more than two months, to the  80, on the coast of Spain – and lastly, 11 Aug. 1808, and 21 April, 1810, to the  36, and  80, both on the Lisbon station, where he continued until 25 May, 1811. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and a Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.

 GRANT. 

passed his examination in 1829; and obtained his first commission 9 May, 1836. His appointments, as Lieutenant, were – on 18 of the same month, to the 50, flag-ship in South America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond – 22 Jan. 1839, to the  26, Capt. Stephen Lushington, on the North America and West India station – 16 Nov. 1839, as First, to the  26, commanded at the Cape by Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes – and, 25 May, 1843, in a similar capacity, to the 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, stationed in the Pacific. He attained his present rank 9 Jan. 1846; and since 17 of the following Dec. has been employed as Second-Captain of the 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 GRANT. 

passed his examination in 1824; and obtained his commission 22 Oct. 1827. His appointments have since been – 26 Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the 42, Capt, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under whom he served on the Coast Blockade until March, 1831 – 9 May, 1837, to the 104, bearing the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendents at Portsmouth, where he continued the usual period of three years – and, 25 June, 1840, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now employed.

 GRANT. 

entered the Navy, 15 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 80, Capts. John Halliday, Jas. Johnstone, Henry Lidgbird Ball, and Valentine Collard; in which ship he beheld, as Midshipman, the destruction of the French squadron in Basque Roads in April, 1809. In June, 1810, he removed to the 74, Capt. Wm. Butterfield, stationed off the coast of France, wherej in the following month, he again joined the Gibraltar, then commanded by Capt. Robt. Plampin. From April, 1811, until Oct. 1813, he served in the 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, under whom, after assisting at the siege of St. Sebastian, he escorted the French garrison to England, and on 23 of the ensuing month, Oct. 1813, contributed, we believe, to the capture of La Trave, of 44 guns and 321 men, which frigate, although disabled in a previous action, did not surrender until she had sustained a close conflict of 15 minutes. On the following day Mr. Grant was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 22, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and, while in that vessel, he was present, in Jan. 1814, at the capture, off Madeira, of the French 40-gun frigates Iphigénie and Alcmène. Being then successively appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he took part, under the latter officer, in the expedition against New Orleans. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 29 March, 1815, in the troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Truscott, but since the following Nov., when he returned to England and was paid off, has been unemployed. – Coplands and Burnett.

 GRANT. 

passed his examination 5 Jan. 1842; and after serving for some time in North America and the West Indies on board the 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas, was appointed Mate, 15 May, 1844, of the  80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He attained his present rank 13 June, 1846.

 GRANT. 

entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the frigate, Capt. Thos. Baker, whom he accompanied as Midshipman, in 1807, into the 74, commanded afterwards by Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn. In 1811, having hitherto served on the Home and Baltic stations, latterly as Master’s Mate of the 80, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he sailed with that officer for the Mediterranean on board the