British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Grant, Colquhoun
By: Ron McGuigan
Grant, Colquhoun (1763?
- 20 December 1835)
Ensign 36th Foot 1793, Lieutenant 36th Foot 1795, Lieutenant 25th
Light Dragoons* 1797, Captain 9th Light Dragoons 1800,
Major 28th Light Dragoons+ 1801, Lieutenant-Colonel 72nd Foot 1802,
Lieutenant-Colonel 15th Light Dragoons 1808, Brevet Colonel 1811, Major
General 1814, Lieutenant General 1830.
* renamed 22nd Light Dragoons. + disbanded 1802.
Early Service: India
1793-1800 and at Seringapatam 1799. Cape of Good Hope 1806 and wounded.
Portugal
&
Spain
: Portugal
and Spain
1808-1809 and Corunna 1809. Wounded Sahagun December 1808.
Peninsular War: Served with his regiment 1813. Commanded cavalry brigade
April-July 1813 and September-November 1813. Wounded Morales June 1813.
Other Service: Commanded 5th Cavalry Brigade Flanders and France
and at Waterloo 1815. Commanded 3rd Cavalry Brigade Army of Occupation
France
1815-1818. Irish Staff 1820-1826.
Aide De Camp to the Prince Regent 1811.
MP 1831 - 1833. KCB 1815. GCB 1831. KCH 1816. GCH 1831.
Colonel of the 12th Lancers 1825-1827, 15th Hussars 1827-1835.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November 2007
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