Sir James Hope Grant, a British soldier, brother of Sir Francis Grant, born at Kilgraston, Perthshire, July 22,1808. He entered the army in 1826, and was brigade major under Lord Sal-toun in the first English war against China. He served through the campaign in the Punjaub in 1848-'9, continued in the Indian service, and was made brevet colonel in 1854, and major general and knight commander of the bath in 1858. The last distinction was conferred upon him especially in recognition of distinguished service at the siege of Delhi, the relief of Lucknow, and the operations at Cawn-pore. He was put in command of the British forces in China in 1859, and conducted the campaign there to its successful termination in the capture of Peking in 1860. For this he was formally thanked by parliament, and made a knight grand cross of the bath. In 1861 he was made lieutenant general and commander-in-chief at Madras, in 1867 quartermaster general at headquarters, and in 1871 commander of the division at Aldershott. In January, 1874, a compilation from his private journals during his Indian campaigns was published in London, under the title of " Incidents in the Sepoy War, 1857-'8."