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William Lowther Grant
Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, KCB (1864 – 30 January 1929) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.
==Naval career==
Grant joined the Royal Navy in 1877,〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.〔 He was later Commander on board the HMS ''Doris'', flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station, and was in January 1900 landed in Cape Colony to take part in the Second Boer War.
He was appointed in command of the elderly ironclad masted turret ship HMS ''Monarch'' on 5 May 1902, and appointed Naval Advisor to the Army Council later the same year. Appointment as Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence followed in 1908, before he became Rear Admiral providing special service with the Home Fleet in 1910.〔 He served in World War I initially commanding the 6th Cruiser Squadron with cruiser HMS ''Drake'' as his flagship.〔(The Dreadnought Project )〕 He was made Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1916 and Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station in 1918.〔 He retired in 1920.〔
In retirement he sought to justify Admiral Lord Jellicoe's actions at the Battle of Jutland in the face of German criticism.〔(Jutland History ) Evening Post, 1924〕
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