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 served in the Government of India Secretariat : was Superintendent of the Botanic Garden : Secretary to Lord Macaulay's Indian Law Commission, Private Secretary to the Governor-General : Commissioner for payment of the Maharaja of Mysore's debts : inquired into the proceedings for the suppression of meriah, or human sacrifices, in Ganjam : from 1848 to 1852 he was Secretary to the Government of Bengal under the Governor-General and, in his absence, under the Deputy Governor : was Secretary to the Government of India in the Home and Foreign Departments, 1852–4 : Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council, 1854–9 : and, for a portion of that time, Lieutenant-Governor of the "Central" Provinces during the mutiny : Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1859–62. As Member of Council he advocated annexation of Oudh, which was carried, instead of Lord Daihousie's less thorough scheme : he passed an Act to legalize the marriage of Hindu widows. As Lieutenant-Governor, he had to deal with the indigo disturbances—incurring unpopularity with the planters in his determination to do justice to the cultivators—and with troubles from tribes on the frontier. In both these capacities he showed great ability, in writing, in speech, and in action : greatly trusted by Lords Dalhousie and Canning : K.C.B. in 1862. After the rebellion in Jamaica, in 1865, he was Governor of that island, 1866–73 : the whole administration was reformed by him, the finances re-organized, and sound political and fiscal principles applied by the light of his previous experience : died Jan. 6, 1893.

GRANT, MALCOLM (1762–1831)

Joined the E.I. Co.'s Bombay Army in 1777 : served against the Mahrattas, 1779, and with Goddard's (q.v.) force at Bassein, in 1780–1 : in Malabar, until 1788, and again from 1792 to 1798 : commanded against the Mahrattas, was in the capture of Mysore, under General James Stuart at Mangalore, in Canara, and Jamalghar : in the chief command in Malabar and Canara, 1804 : captured Savandrug : returned to England, 1807 : Maj-General, 1813 : Lt-General, 1815 : died Sep. 28, 1831.

GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804–1895)

Field Marshal : son of Major John Grant, 97th foot : born Sep. 11, 1804 : Ensign, 1820 : joined the nth Bengal N.I. in Jan. 1821 : rose to be General, 1870 : Field Marshal, June, 1883 : Goldstick in Waiting to Queen Victoria, 1885 : raised the Hariana Light Infantry, 1836 : organized the N.W. Frontier Force in 1841 : Deputy Adjutant-General, 1843 : in the Gwalior campaign at Maharajpur : in the first Sikh war was at Mudki,acting there as Adjutant- General; at Firozshahr, and Sobraon : C.B. : Adjutant-General of the Bengal Army, 1846 : at Chilianwala and Gujarat : Brevet-Colonel and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : served against the N.W. frontier tribes : C. in C. of the Madras Army, 1856 : K.C.B. : C. in C. in India, temporarily, in the mutiny, between General Anson (q.v.) and Lord Clyde (q.v.) : retired in 1861 : G.C.B. : C. in C. at Malta, 1867–72 : G.C.M.G., 1868 : Governor of the Chelsea Hospital, 1874–95 : died March 28, 1895.

GRANT, SIR ROBERT (1779–1838)

Governor : second son of Charles Grant (q.v.) : born in Bengal in 1779 : went to England, 1790 : educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, Craven Scholar, 1799 : third wrangler. Chancellor's Medallist and Fellow : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1807 : M.P. for various constituencies from 18 18 to 1834 : advocated Jewish emancipation from civil disabilities : Judge Advocate General, 1832 : Governor of Bombay from March 17, 1835 : knighted in 1834 : and G.C.H. : died of apoplexy at Dapuri, July 9, 1838 : wrote Sketch of the History of the E.I. Co., from its First Foundation to 1773 : a View of the System and Merits of the East India College, Haileyhury, and a volume of sacred poems, which was edited by his brother. Lord Glenelg. The Grant Medical College at Bombay was erected as a memorial to him.

GRANT, SIR WILLIAM KEIR (1772–1852)

Son of Archibald Keir, I.C.S. : born in 1772 : joined the 15th King's Light Dragoons, 1792 : served in Flanders, 1794 : saved the German Emperor, Francis II, at Villiers-en-Couche : served in Germany : and in Italy with the Russian and Austrian armies, in several