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 battles : Adjutant-General of the King's troops in Bengal, 1806 : commanded the advance on the Satlaj, 1810 : against Amir Khan, the Pathan freebooter, in 1814 : C. in C. in Java, 1815 : commanded part of the Army of the Dekkan against the Pindaris, 1817 : also against Sawantwari and Cutch, 1819 : defeated the piratical Arabs in the Persian Gulf in 1819–20, and arranged for the complete suppression of piracy : assumed the name of Keir Grant, instead of Grant Keir : K.C.B., 1822 : Lt-General, 1825 : G.C.H., 1835 : General, 1841 : died May 7, 1852.

GRANT-DUFF, JAMES CUNNINGHAM (1789–1858)

Son of John Grant and Margaret Duff : born July 8, 1789 : educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen : joined the E.I. Co.'s military service at Bombay in 1805 : was at the storming of Maliah, 1808 : became Adjutant and Interpreter of his regiment : was Assistant to Mountstuart Elphinstone, then Resident of Poona, who had a high opinion of him : as Captain, he served against the Peshwa, Baji Rao, when the latter was dethroned in 1818, and was then made Resident of Satara, administering the State in the Raja's name till 1822, and making treaties with the Satara jagirdars. After five years he retired to Scotland and brought out the History of the Mahrattas in 1826. He took the additional names of Duff and Cunningham on succeeding to landed estates : died Sep. 23, 1858. Sir M. E. Grant-Duff (q.v.), formerly Governor of Madras, is his son.

GRANT-DUFF, SIR MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE (1829–)

Born Feb. 21, 1829 : son of James Cunningham Grant-Duff (q.v.) : educated at Edinburgh University, The Grange, Bishop Wearmouth, and Balliol College, Oxford : barrister of the Inner Temple : M.P. forthe Elgin Burghs, 1857–81 : Under Secretary of State for India, 1868–74 : and for the Colonies, 1880–1 : Privy Councillor, 1880 : Governor of Madras, 1881–6 : advanced education and science : constructed the Marina at Madras : President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1889–93 : President of the Royal Historical Society, 1892–9 : Author of Studies in European Politics, "Elgin Speeches, Notes of an Indian Journey, Memoir of Sir H. S. Maine, Notes; from a Diary, etc., etc. : C.I.E., 1881 : G.C.S.I., 1886 : F.R.S. : D.L.

GRAVES, BENJAMIN CHAMNEY (1845–)

Born Feb. 2, 1845 : son of Henry Graves : educated at Kingstown school and Woolwich : joined R.A., 1866, and Indian Staff Corps, 1871 : Brevet-Colonel, 1897 : served in Afghan war, 1879–80 : commanded Garhwal Rifles, 1893–8 : served with Malakand Field Force, 1897, and in the N.W. Frontier campaign, 1897–8 : C.B.

GREATHED, SIR EDWARD HARRIS (1812–1881)

Son of Edward Greathed : born 1812 : educated at Westminster : entered the Army, 1832 : in the mutiny was with the 8th regt. at the siege of Delhi and led the regt. to the assault : after its fall, was placed in command of the column to open up the country between the Jamna and the Ganges : in the fighting at Bulandshahr, Alighar and Agra : commanded a Brigade at Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow : at the engagement before Cawnpur on Dec. 6, 1857 : at Khudaganj and the occupation of Fatehghar : Colonel and C.B. : D.C.L., 1859 : K.C.B., 1865 : commanded E. district in England, 1872–7 : Brevet-General, 1880 : died Nov. 19, 1881.

GREATHED, WILLIAM WILBER-FORCE HARRIS (1826–1878)

Son of Edward Greathed : born Dec. 21, 1826 : educated at Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Meerut in 1846 : was in the siege and capture, Jan. 2, 1849, of Multan : present at Gujarat : Consulting Engineer for Railways at'Allahabad, 1855–7 : in the mutiny, he twice conveyed despatches from Agra to Meerut through the mutineers : was at the siege of Delhi, directing the left attack : severely wounded : was at several engagements as Engineer of the Doab Field Force : directed as Engineer at the attack on Lucknow and its capture : C.B. : and Brevet-Major : was A.D.C. to Sir R. Napier in China : at the capture of Pekin : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Assistant Military Secretary to the Horse Guards, 1861–5 : Head of the Irrigation Department,