Hope Grant

Sir

Hope Grant
Portrait of Grant by his brother Francis Grant, 1853
Born22 July 1808 (1808-07-22)
Died7 March 1875 (1875-03-08) (aged 66)
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1826–1875
RankGeneral
Commands heldCommander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
Madras Army
Aldershot Division
Battles/warsFirst Opium War
First Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Mutiny of 1857
Second Opium War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Grave of General James Hope Grant
Captain C Scott of the Gen. Sir. Hope Grant's Column, Sepoy Mutiny, 1857. Memorial at the St. Mary's Church, Madras

General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB (22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875) was a British Army officer. He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Rebellion of 1857, and Second Opium War.


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