Patrick Grant
| Sir Patrick Grant | |
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Sir Patrick Grant
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| Born |
11 September 1804 Auchterblair, Invernessshire |
| Died | 28 March 1895 (aged 90) Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom / British Empire
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| Service/branch | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1820–1877 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held |
Madras Army Indian Army |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG (11 September 1804 – 28 March 1895) was a senior Indian Army officer. He fought at the Battle of Maharajpore during the Gwalior Campaign, at the Battle of Mudki, the Battle of Ferozeshah and the Battle of Sobraon during the First Anglo-Sikh War and at the Battle of Chillianwala and the Battle of Gujrat during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. During the Indian Mutiny, as acting Commander-in-Chief, India, he directed the operations against the mutineers, sending forces under Henry Havelock and James Outram for the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow. He later became Governor of Malta.
Born the second son of Major John Grant of the 97th Regiment of Foot and Anna Trapaud Grant, Grant joined the Bengal Native Infantry as an ensign on 16 July 1820 and was promoted to lieutenant on 11 July 1823 and to captain on 14 May 1832. He became a brigade major in Oudh in 1834 and, having raised the Hariana Light Infantry in 1836, he became second assistant in the adjutant-general's department of the Bengal Presidency in 1838.
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