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At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Grant placed twenty-third out of the successful batch of forty-six.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 30 June, 1877.  Issue '''28982''', col A, pg. 14.</ref>
 
At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Grant placed twenty-third out of the successful batch of forty-six.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 30 June, 1877.  Issue '''28982''', col A, pg. 14.</ref>
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Grant was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26865/pages/3443 no. 26865.  p. 3443.]  22 June, 1897.</ref>
  
 
Grant was appointed in command of the [[H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)|''Cornwallis'']] on 14 January, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 December, 1906.  Issue '''38211''', col C, pg. 4.</ref>
 
Grant was appointed in command of the [[H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)|''Cornwallis'']] on 14 January, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 December, 1906.  Issue '''38211''', col C, pg. 4.</ref>

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Admiral Sir W. Lowther Grant.

Admiral SIR William Lowther Grant, K.C.B., Royal Navy (10 November, 1864 – 30 January, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Grant placed twenty-third out of the successful batch of forty-six.[1]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[2]

Grant was appointed in command of the Cornwallis on 14 January, 1907.[3]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 October, 1909, vice Fisher.[4] He was just under the age of forty-five when promoted. At Sheerness on 9 August, 1910 Grant succeeded Rear-Admiral T. H. Martyn Jerram as Rear-Admiral for special service with the Vice-Admiral Commanding the Third and Fourth Divisions of the Home Fleet.[5] On 19 June, 1911, he was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on the occasion of the coronation of King George V.[6] He was relieved at Sheerness on 2 November by Rear-Admiral Charles H. Dundas of Dundas.[7]

Great War

For the mobilisation of the Third Fleet in the Summer of 1914, Grant was given command of the Sixth Cruiser Squadron, flying his flag in the Good Hope.[8] On 1 August, 1914, Grant hoisted his flag in Drake,[9] again in command of the Sixth Cruiser Squadron.[10]

On 15 July, 1915, Grant was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Moggridge.[11] On 27 July he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the China Station and assumed command on 24 September.[12]

On 1 January, 1917, Grant was promoted Knight Commander in the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[13]

On 7 January, 1918, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station.[14]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 September, 1918, vice Bethell.[15]

He struck his flag as Commander-in-Chief on 8 February, 1919.[16]

Grant was placed on the Retired List "at his own request to facilitate the promotion of younger officers" on 24 March, 1920.[17]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 December, 1906. Issue 38211, col C, pg. 4.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28306. p. 8246. 9 November, 1909.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 August, 1910. Issue 39346, col D, pg. 7.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 November, 1911. Issue 39732, col C, pg. 4.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 July, 1914. Issue 40578, col E, pg. 10.
  9. ↑ "New Sea Lord" (News). The Times. Friday, 7 August, 1914. Issue 40597, col D, pg. 4.
  10. ↑ Goldrick. The King's Ships were at Sea. p. 27.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 7073. p. 7073. 20 July, 1915.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 8.
  13. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 1. 1 January, 1917.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 6.
  15. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30887. p. 10549. 6 September, 1918.
  16. ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 34.
  17. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31867. p. 4474. 16 April, 1920.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Lowther Grant" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 31 January, 1929. Issue 45115, col D, pg. 14.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Sixth Cruiser Squadron
1914 – 1915 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Cruiser Squadron
1915 		Succeeded by
Montague E. Browning
Preceded by
Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram 		Commander-in-Chief on the China Station
1915 – 1917 		Succeeded by
Frederick C. T. Tudor
Preceded by
Sir Montague E. Browning 		Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station
1918 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Morgan Singer
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