Lt.-Col. James Murray Grant, Col.

James Murray Grant was born in Britain about 1836, the son of James Grant and Mary (nee Bell). He came to the Cape with the 85th Foot in 1856. In 1865 he transferred to the King's Own Scottish Borderers with whom he served in India. Grant returned to the Cape in 1867 and was appointed to the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police, in 1878 he transferred to the Cape Mounted Riflemen in which unit he rose to the position of Commanding Officer (1892-96). After retiring in 1896 Col. Grant lived in Port Alfred and East London before coming to Grahamstown shortly before his death on 5 June 1921.

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