Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch Royal Navy Died September 8, 1952 | Role Royal Navy officer Name Percy Grant Rank Admiral | |
Born 23 September 1867 ( 1867-09-23 ) Commands held Admiral Superintendent Portsmouth Dockyard
Australia Station
Chief of the Australian Naval Staff
HMS Ramillies
HMS Marlborough
HMS King Edward VII
HMS Falmouth
HMS Gibraltar
HMS Arrogant
HMS Halcyon Battles/wars Anglo-Egyptian War
Brazilian Naval Mutiny
First World War
Second World War Awards Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath Battles and wars Anglo-Egyptian War, Revolta da Armada, World War I, World War II | ||
Admiral Sir Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, (23 September 1867 – 8 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1919 to 1921.
Naval career
Grant saw service in the Egyptian War of 1882 as well as the Brazilian Naval Mutiny in 1893. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 October 1890, posted as a lieutenant for navigation on the battleship HMS Mars, and promoted to commander (Navigation) on 26 June 1902. He went on to serve during the First World War initially as Flag Captain to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly in HMS Marlborough and then as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Cecil Burney who was then Second in Command of the Grand Fleet. In that capacity he saw his ship torpedoed and crippled at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
After the war he was appointed First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff. In this role, he served as defence advisor to Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia at the Empire Conference in London in 1921. He was appointed Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1922 and retired in 1928. He was recalled during the Second World War to serve as Captain at the Port of Holyhead.