James Moncrieff Grierson

Sir James Grierson
Grierson as a Colonel
Born	27 January 1859
Died	17 August 1914 (aged 55)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1877–1914
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Anglo-Egyptian War Boxer Rebellion Second Boer War World War I
Commands held	1st Division Eastern Command
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Lieutenant-General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson, KCB, CMG, CVO ADC(Gen.) (27 January 1859 – 17 August 1914) was a British soldier.

Grierson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1877.

He served in the Egyptian War including the actions at Kassassin and Tel el Kebir, as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General with the Indian contingent in 1882. He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for the Sudan expedition and was involved in actions at Suakin, Hasheen and Tamai in 1885. He was Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General for 2nd Brigade during the Hazara expedition in 1888. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Intelligence, at Army Headquarters in 1890 and then became Brigade Major for the Royal Artillery at Aldershot from 1895 to 1896 when he became Military Attaché in Berlin acquiring what Sir John French later described as "an intimate knowledge of the German army."

He served in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and later the same year in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Lt-Col Grierson was in charge of army baggage during Roberts’ march on Bloemfontein.