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See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
GRANT, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1822–1887) , See also:British novelist, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh on the 1st of See also:August 1822. His See also:father, See also:John Grant, was a See also:captain in the 92nd See also:Gordon Highlanders and had served through the See also:Peninsular See also:War. For several years James Grant was in See also:Newfoundland with his father, but in 1839 he returned to See also:England, and entered the 62nd See also:Foot as an See also:ensign. In 1843 he resigned his See also:commission and devoted himself to See also:writing, first magazinearticles, but soon a profusion of novels, full of vivacity and incident, and dealing mainly with military scenes and characters. His best stories, perhaps, were The See also:Romance of War (his first, 1845), See also:Bothwell (1851), See also:Frank See also:Hilton; or, The See also:Queen's Own (1855), The Phantom See also:Regiment and Harry See also:Ogilvie (1856), See also:Lucy See also:Arden (1858), The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Cockade (1867), Only an Ensign (1871), Shall I Win Her? (1874), Playing with See also:Fire (1887). Grant also wrote British Battles on See also:Land and See also:Sea (1873–1875) and valuable books on Scottish See also:history. Permanent value attaches to his See also:great See also:work, in three volumes, on Old and New Edinburgh (188o). He was the founder and energetic See also:promoter of the See also:National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. In 1875 he became a See also:Roman See also:Catholic. He died on the 5th of May 1887.
End of Article: GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
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