William Grant

Last Name:

Grant

First Name:

William

Spatial:

Titles:

Major

Date of birth:

1787

year of death:

1837

date of death:

5th August, 1837

Ethnicity / Origin:

Scottish

Age at death:

Gender:

Male

Relationships:

3rd son of Alpin Grant, of Borlum, co. Inverness, JP and DL., Major of Inverness Mil., and Agnes his 2nd wife, dau. of Alexander Shaw, of Woodside, Inverness

Full Epitaph:

In Memory of Major William Grant 67th Reg. N.I. Who while commanding in Arracan Fell victim to the insalubrious of the climate The 5th Aug. 1837 Aged 50 Years _ Llewelyn & Co. Scts

Occupation:

William Grant was a major of the 67th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, stationed at Arakan(in present day Myanmar).

Place of birth / origin:

Inverness

Places mentioned 1:

Arakan

Place of death:

Arakan

places mentioned 2:

Barasat, Bhawani, Haryana, Banda, Dinapore

Cause of death:

insalubrious climate of the Arakan

Detailed information:

Hodson provides the following information regarding Major Grant:
William Grant (1787-1837)
Major, 67th NI, bapt. Inverness 22 Sep. 1787. Cadet 1804. Arrived in India 6 Apr. 1806. Ensign 11 Mar. 1806. Lieut. 2 Feb. 1807. Capt. 31 Dec. 1823. Major 18 Dec. 1834. d.s.p. Little Russell St. Calcutta, 3 Aug. 1837, aged 50.
3rd son of Alpin Grant, of Borlum, co. Inverness, JP and DL., Major of Inverness Mil., and Agnes his 2nd wife, dau. of Alexander Shaw, of Woodside, Inverness.
Services: Barasat CC., posted as Lieut. to 1/10th NI (?Settlement of Hariana 1809; Bhawani; Lieut. 1/10th NI). Posted to PWD at Banda, 17th May 1816, and spent the following 19 yrs. in that Dept. Transfd. to newly-raised 34th NI July 1823; to 67th NI (late 1/34th) May 1824. Tempy. Bk. Mr. Agra Div., 7 June 1824. Suptg. Engr. CP, 23 Oct. 1834, till 8 Sept. 1835. Rejoined 67th NI at Dinapore in 1835 and afterwards cimdd. in Arakan.
Refs.: Burke’s Landed Gentry, 12th edn. p. 812, s.n. Grant, of Glenmoriston, co. Inverness. G.M. 1838, i. 222. A.J. NS xxiv. 277. Will dated Dinapore 19 Sept. 1836; proved 8 Aug. 1837. MI in Scotch Burial ground, Calcutta
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Any reason for importance:

Major of the Bengal Native Infantry, stationed at Arakan

Tomb built by:

Llewelyn & Co. Scts

Buried by:

William H. Meiklejohn, Jnr Min. St Andrew's Church

Tags:

Bengal Obituary