Grant James Augustus

Grant, James Augustus, Colonel, C.B., F.R.S. (1827-1892), was a native of Nairn. He was educated at the grammar school and at the Marischal College, Aberdeen. In 1846 he entered the Indian army, and was present at Gujerat, and later saw service during the Indian Mutiny. In 1860-63 occurred the noted Speke and Grant expedition to look for the sources of the Nile, and in 1868 he took part in the Abyssinian campaign. He wrote A Walk across Africa, Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition, and Khartoum As I Saw It.