GRANT, ARTHUR, Lieutenant, was born 14
September 1879, eldest, son of Sir Arthur Henry Grant, 9th Baronet, JP, DL,
and Mary, daughter of Captain H Sholto Douglas, late 42nd Highlanders. He was
gazetted to the 12th Lancers 4 January 1899, and served in the South African
War, 1899-1902, taking part in the advance on Kimberley, including action at
Magersfontein; at the Relief of Kimberley; was present during operations in
the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including those at Paardeberg;
actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain) and Zand River;
in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg;
in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900; in the Orange
River Colony, May to 29 November 1900, including actions at Lindley,
Bethlehem, and Wittebergen; again in the Transvaal 30 November 1900 to July
1901; also in Cape Colony, July 1901 to 31 May 1902 (Despatches [London
Gazette, 25 April, 1902]; Queen's Medal with five clasps, and King's Medal
with two clasps). He was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service
Order [London Gazette, 26 June, 1902]: "Arthur Grant, Lieutenant, 12th
Lancers. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa".
The Insignia, Warrant and Statutes were sent to His Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief in India, and presented by Colonel Penno at Umballa in
January 1903. He was promoted to Lieutenant 8 March 1900, and to Captain 21
May 1904, and retired 25 September 1909. Lieutenant Colonel A Grant served in
the European War, and commanded the Gordon Highlanders till severely wounded
in France in 1915. He was Commandant of a Camp from 1917 to 1918. In 1917 he
succeeded his father as 10th Baronet, of Nova Scotia. Sir Arthur Grant was a
JP and DL. He married, in 1909, Evelyn, youngest daughter of Collingwood
L Wood, of Freeland, Perthshire, and they had two sons: Arthur Lindsay and
Francis Cullen; and three daughters: Evelyn Mary Francis; Elspeth and
Katherine Jean.
