| Authorised form of name | Grant; James Augustus (1827 - 1892) |
| Dates | 1827 - 1892 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 11 April 1827 |
| Place of death | House Hill, Nairn, Nairnshire |
| Date of death | 11 February 1892 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Crypt, St Paul's Cathedral, London |
| Activity | Education:
Aberdeen Grammar School; Marischal College, Aberdeen.
Career:
Obtained a commission in the 8th Native Bengal Cavalry (1846); attached to the 78th Highlanders at the relief of Lucknow; accompanied John Hanning Speke on his exploration in Africa (1861-1863); in Lord Napier's Abyssinian expedition (1868); retired at rank of Lieutenant Colonel (1868).
Honours:
CB 1866; CSI 1868
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Relationships | Youngest son of James Grant, minister of Nairn, and his wife Christian, daughter of John Macintosh; married (1865) Margaret, daughter of Andrew Lauries |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1891-1892 vol 50 pp xiv-xv signed by J T W
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/69232863 |
| Code | NA6426 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1873/10 | Grant, James Augustus: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/1008 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Harrison & Sons | 28 January 1889 |
| MC/9/584 | Letter from J A [James Augustus] Grant, 7 Park Square West, London, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 June 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |