Career
Grant saw service in the Egyptian War of 1882 as well as the Brazilian Naval Mutiny in 1893. In that capacity he saw his ship torpedoed and crippled at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After the war he was appointed First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff.
In 1921 he went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station and Advisor on defence to Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia at the Empire Conference in London that same year.
He was appointed Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1922 and retired in 1928. He was recalled during the Second World War to serve as Captain at the Portuguese of Holyhead.