Grant, John Moreau

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moreau_Grant
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Captain John Moreau Grant CBE (1895 – 1986) was a Canadian naval officer. He was the first Commanding Officer of HMCS Royal Roads in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The Grant Building at Royal Roads University was named in his honour.
    • John Moreau Grant was born in 1895 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His father was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia MacCallum Grant. One of his 5 brothers (also 1 sister) was Harold Taylor Wood Grant. He spent two years at school in Heidelberg, Germany. He returned to Halifax in 1909. In January 1911, he joined the Royal Naval College of Canada as one of a class of twenty-one cadets. He entered a strenuous regime conducted by Royal Navy instructors with a heavy emphasis on engineering subjects. He graduated as a midshipman in 1913.
    • Grant was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
    • The Grant Building which is the main academic building, laboratories, cafeteria, and offices at the Royal Roads Military College(later Royal Roads University) was named for Captain Grant. The building, which is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada, was recently renovated.
    • The National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario holds a portrait of Captain John Moreau Grant.
  • Second Great Grandson to United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=3313
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194493698/john_moreau-grant