Colquhoun Grant (other)
Colquhoun Grant may be: *Colquhoun Grant (British intelligence officer) (1780–1829), British Army intelligence officer *Sir Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general) (1772–1835), British Army cavalry general and MP *Walter Colquhoun Grant (1822–1861), British Army officer and a pioneer settler in British Columbia. {{hndis, Grant, Colquhoun ...
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Colquhoun Grant (British Intelligence Officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun Grant (1780 – 20 October 1829) was a British Army soldier and intelligence officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Career Of a family from the Scots aristocracy, Grant, the youngest of eight brothers, was commissioned into the 11th Foot in 1795, reaching the rank of major by 1809 when he was posted to the Iberian Peninsula under the command of Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington. In 1810 he was appointed to Wellesley's personal staff as an Exploring Officer in the Peninsula Corps of Guides, a special reconnaissance unit whose members spoke the local languages. Grant never thought of himself as a spy, and always rode in full uniform, often behind enemy lines, to note the positions and strength of the enemy. Grant was captured by French forces on 16 April 1812. As he was in uniform, he was treated as an officer and gentleman by his captors, who offered him parole, which Grant accepted. His servant Leon, a local guide, was not so fortunate, an ...
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