Grant, JAMES

Grant, JAMES, military novelist, was born in Edinburgh, 1st August 1822, and in 1832 sailed with his father, an army officer, for Newfoundland. Home again, in 1839 he was gazetted to an eusigny in the 62d Foot, but within a few years resigned his commission, and turned to literature. Having already contributed copiously to the United Service Magazine and the Dublin University Magazine, he in 1846 published his first book, The Romance of War. Since then he supplied his legion of readers with a long and close series of novels and histories, illustrative mainly of war, and, more particularly the achievements of Scottish arms abroad. Among his many works may be mentioned Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp; Adventures of Rob Roy; Frank Hilton, or the Queen's Own; Bothwell, or the Dark Days of Queen Mary; The Yellow Frigate; Harry Ogilvie; and Old and New Edinburgh. Most of his works have reappeared in German and Danish, as also a few in French. In 1875 Cardinal Manning received him into the Roman communion. He died in London, 5th May 1887.