Sir William Keir Grant

(1771-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Grant Sir William Keir (1772-1852) Knight General DNB: Grant, Sir William Keir [formerly William Keir] (1771-1852), army officer LBT ID: WiGrant1852	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1852-05-07
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
Originally Keir, Scottish army officer who began his career as a cornet in 1792; in 1817 he was a member of the Bombay staff and in 1819 was dispatched to suppress pirates in the Persian Gulf.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Keir Grant: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 16: A. Conway Found 1: ¶ 1