Patrick Grant (Indian Army officer)
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.
Sir Patrick Grant
11 September 1804
Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland
28 March 1895 (aged 90)
Chelsea, London, England
1820–1877
Grant's honours included:
Family[edit]
In 1832, Grant married Jane Anne Fraser-Tytler, daughter of William Fraser-Tytler; they had two sons.[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married secondly the Hon. Frances Maria Gough, daughter of Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, in 1844; they had five children (four sons, including Sir Henry, and a daughter Frances).[24]
His granddaughter Isabel Frances Grant was a notable historian and collector.[1]