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 commanded the Triumph and the Neptune : Admiral in 1809 : died June 21, 1814.

GRAHAM, JOHN (1805–1839)

Botanist : went to India in 1826; appointed by Sir John Malcolm, then Governor of Bombay, to be Deputy Post-master-General of the Bombay Presidency : also Superintendent of the Bombay Botanic Garden : to which he added many plants, both exotic and indigenous : was printing a catalogue of Bombay plants when he died, May 28, 1839.

GRAHAM, THOMAS ( ? - )

Entered the Bengal Artillery, 1858 : became Maj -General, 1891 : served in the Hazara expedition : Afghan war, 1878–80 : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Burma expedition : in Command of the Sikhim expedition, 1888–9 : C.B. : Manipur, 1891.

GRAND, CATHERINE NOEL JUDDE (1762–1835)

Born at Tranquebar, Nov. 21, 1762 : daughter of a Dane, M. Peter John Worlee, Chevalier de Saint Louis, Capitaine du Port, of Chandernagore : married July 10, 1777, George Francois Grand, of the Indian Civil Service (formerly in the E.I. Co.'s military service), then Secretary to the Salt Committee and Head Assistant and Examiner in the Secretary's office. In Feb. 1779, Grand brought an action against (Sir) Philip Francis, then Member of the Supreme Council, for criminal conversation on Dec. 8, 1778, with the wife of the plaintiff, and after trial before Impey, C.J., and Chambers and Hyde, J J., obtained, on March 6, 1779, a judgment in his favour, and 50,000 sicca rupees as damages : and later a divorce from Mrs. Grand : she lived at Hughli under Francis' protection in 1779, and went to Europe in 1780–1. She resided partly in France, where she also obtained a divorce, and partly in England, and about 1797 came under the notice of Talleyrand, the liaison leading to their marriage on Sep. 10, 1802, which was forced on by the influence of Napoleon to allow the Foreign Ambassadresses to visit her. They lived at Neuilly, but were separated about 1815. After a sojourn in England, she returned to France, and lived at Auteuil : she died Dec. 10, 1835, and was buried at Mont Parnasse.

GRAND, GEORGE FRANCOIS (1748?–1821)

Native of Lausanne : educated there : in early life sent to England : obtained, in 1766, a cadetship in Bengal : Lieutenant, 1768 : Captain in 1773 : after furlough in Europe, he was nominated to a writership in 1776 : soon became Secretary to the Salt Committee at Calcutta. On July 10, 1777, he married C. N. J. Worlee (q.v.), and, 1779 obtained 50,000 sicca rupees damages in an action at Calcutta against (Sir) Philip Francis, for ''crim. con.'' with his wife : divorced her later : she went to Europe, eventually marrying Talleyrand and figuring as Princesse de Benevento : Grand, in 1782, was Collector of Tirhut and Hajipur, and promoted the indigo manufacture in Bihar to his own advantage. In 1788 he was appointed Judge and Magistrate at Patna, warned to give up his indigo concerns, and finally removed from the service. He returned to Europe, and in France, by the influence of his former wife with Talleyrand, obtained the post of Privy Councillor of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Batavian Republic in 1802 : later, became Inspector of H.M.'s woods and lands there under the British : married again, and died at the Cape in 1821.

GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER, BARONET (1826–1884)

Son of Sir Robert Innes Grant, seventh Baronet : born Sep. 13, 1826 : educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford : Scholar : played twice in the Harrow Cricket Eleven against Eton and Winchester : Fellow of Oriel, 1849 : became private tutor : succeeded as Baronet in 1856 : published the Ethics of Aristotle in 1857 : went to Madras in 1859, as Inspector of Schools : became Professor of History, at the Elphinstone Institution, Madras, in 1860, and Principal in 1862 : in 1863 he became Vice-Chancellor of the Bombay University, till 1868 : in 1865, Director of Public Instruction in the Bombay Presidency : Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay, in 1868 : made his mark on education in India : became Principal of the Edinburgh University in 1868 : D.C.L. and LL.D. of Cambridge, Edin- burgh and Glasgow : F.R.S. of Edinburgh : wrote on Aristotle and Xenophon and