Heathcoat Salusbury Grant

Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. Grant, portrait as a Rear-Admiral.
Portrait: Francis Dodd.

Admiral SIR Heathcoat Salusbury Grant, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (13 February, 1864 – 25 September, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Grant placed thirty-seventh out of the successful batch of forty-six.

Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 21 June, 1887.

On 12 December, 1895, Grant was appointed to the new battleship Majestic.

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1899.

Captain

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1904.

Great War

Grant was appointed in command of the battleship Canopus on 1 August, 1914. After the war, he recalled that he took command of the Canopus "with somewhat mixed feelings ... it was not exhilarating to find that on the almost certainty of war with Germany, one would command an almost obsolete battleship of the Battle Squadron."

On 14 March, 1916, he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 1 January. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 4 June vice Fyler. On 19 June, 1917 he was appointed Senior Officer and in Charge of all H.M. Naval Establishments at Gibraltar, assuming command on 5 July.

Post-War & Retirement

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 March, 1920, vice Kennedy. He was placed on the Retired List the next day.

In 1923 Grant's recollections of his command of the Canopus were published in four parts in The Naval Review.

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir Heathcoat Grant" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 September, 1938. Issue 48110, col B, p. 14.
• Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—I." The Naval Review XI (1): pp. 143-152.
• Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—II." The Naval Review XI (2): pp. 324-337.
• Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—III." The Naval Review XI (3): pp. 526-537.
• Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—IV." The Naval Review XI (4): pp. 717-736.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/20.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Frederick W. F. Hervey	Captain of H.M.S. Surprise 21 Jan, 1901 – 28 Jan, 1904	Succeeded by Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
Preceded by Randal M. Lambert	Captain of H.M.S. Grasshopper 14 Jul, 1904	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edward P. Ashe	Captain of H.M.S. Kent 24 Aug, 1905 – 14 Dec, 1905	Succeeded by Spencer V. Y. de Horsey
Preceded by Robert S. P. Hornby	Captain of H.M.S. Diana 6 Nov, 1906 – 16 Nov, 1908	Succeeded by Thomas W. Kemp
Preceded by Charles H. Robertson as Rear-Admiral-in-Charge of the Scottish Coast Guard District	Captain-in-Charge of the Scottish Coast Guard District 14 Dec, 1908 – 14 Dec, 1910	Succeeded by Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan
Preceded by Ernest G. Barton	Captain of H.M.S. Black Prince 12 Jan, 1911 – 25 Mar, 1912	Succeeded by John S. Luard
Preceded by Charles F. Sowerby	Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C. 1 Jun, 1912 – 13 Jun, 1914	Succeeded by Guy R. A. Gaunt
Preceded by Sydney S. Hall	Captain of H.M.S. Canopus 3 Aug, 1914 – 5 May, 1916	Succeeded by Edgar G. H. Gamble
Preceded by ?	Senior Officer, Dover 10 Jan, 1917 – 18 Jun, 1917	Succeeded by Cecil F. Dampier as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, etc., at Dover
Preceded by Bernard Currey as Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar	Senior Officer, Gibraltar 19 Jun, 1917 – 14 Jul, 1919	Succeeded by Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt