mutineers, sending forces under Henry Havelock and James Outram for the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow. Although the Viceroy of India, Lord Canning, had recommended that Grant be confirmed in the role of commander-in-chief, Sir Colin Campbell had already been nominated as Anson's successor. So on the arrival of Campbell from England in August 1857, Grant returned to command the Madras Army again. Grant returned to England in January 1861 and was promoted to the substantive rank of colonel on 14 November 1861 and to lieutenant-general on 24 October 1862. In February 1864 he was appointed to a Royal Commission formed to inquire into the best mode of realizing the value of booty of war. He became Governor of Malta in 1867 and was promoted to full general on 19 November 1870. Grant was also colonel of the 104th Regiment of Foot, of the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and then of the Royal Horse Guards. He was placed on the retired list on 1 October 1877 and promoted to field marshal on 24 June 1883. Grant also served as governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from February 1874 until his death there on 28 March 1895. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. A memorial plaque to Grant can be found in Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard, just outside the village of Duthil, Inverness-shire, which now also serves as a Clan Grant Centre. Honours Grant's honours included: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) – 1 March 1861 (KCB – 2 January 1857; CB – 3 April 1846) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) – January 1868 Family In 1832 Grant married Jane Anne Fraser-Tytler; they had two children, Alexander Charles Grant and then Aldourie Patrick Grant. Following the death of his first wife, he married Frances Maria Gough, daughter of Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, in 1844: they had five children (four sons and a daughter). References Sources External links |- |- |- |- |- |- 1804 births 1895 deaths Scottish military personnel British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath British Commanders-in-Chief of India British field