GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (18o8-1875), English general, son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., was born on July 22, 1808. He entered the army in 1826, becoming captain in 1835. In 1842 he was brigade-major to Lord Saltoun in the Chinese War, and received the rank of major and the C.B. for his services at the capture of Chin-Kiang. He fought in the first Sikh War of 1845-46 and in the Punjab campaign, winning further promotion. He took a lead ing part in the suppression of the Indian mutiny of 1857. After the recapture of Lucknow he was appointed to the command of the force employed for the final pacification of India. Before this task was quite completed he was created K.C.B. In in command of the British land forces in the French and British expedition against China, he accomplished the object of the cam paign within three months of the landing at Pei-tang (Aug. 1, 186o), occupying Peking. For his conduct in this, which has been called the "most successful and the best carried out of England's little wars," he received the thanks of parliament and was gazetted G.C.B. In 1861, as lieutenant general, he was appointed com mander-in-chief of the army of Madras; on his return to England in 1865 he was made quartermaster general at headquarters, and in 1870 was transferred to the command of the camp at Alder shot. He took part in the reform of educational and training plans of the forces after the Franco-German war, and was largely responsible for the introduction of annual army manoeuvres. In 1872 he was gazetted general. He died in London on March 7, Incidents in the Sepoy War of 1857-58, compiled from the Private Journal of General Sir Hope Grant, K.C.B., together with some explan atory chapters by Capt. H. Knollys, Royal Artillery, was published in 1873, and Incidents in the China War of 186o appeared posthumously under the same editorship in 1875.