Very rare tunic for a Field Marshal and Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. Fine Melton scarlet cloth with embroidered gold lace. One upper tunic button is missing and the stitching to one shoulder board has detached at one end from the tunic. The rest of the tunic is in excellent condition. Sir Patrick Grant was born in Auchterblair near Carrbridge, Inverness-Shire in 1804. He served in India and joined the Bengal Native Infantry in 1820. Served under Sir Hugh Gough during the Gwalior campaign and fought at the Battle of Mudki in 1845 where he was twice wounded. He fought in the first and second Anglo-Sikh Wars including the Battles of Chillianwala and Gujrat 1849.Served under Sir Charles Napier in actions against the Pathan Tribes in 1850. He was appointed Aide de camp to Queen Victoria in 1850 and promoted to Major General in 1854 and Commander In Chief of the Madras Army in 1856 with the local rank of Lieutenant General. When the Indian Mutiny broke out in 1857 he became acting Commander In Chief India on the death of General George Anson. Based in Calcutta he directed operations including the reliefs of Cawnpore and Lucknow. Grant returned to England in January 1861 with promotion to Lieutenant General in October 1862. He became Governor of Malta in 1867 with promotion to full General in November 1870. He was also Colonel of the 104th Regiment of Foot, 78th Highlanders Regiment of Foot and the Royal Horse Guards. He was promoted to Field Marshal on 24th June 1883. Grant was Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1874 until his death there on 28th March 1895. Please note the Portraits are not included but do show the Aiguillettes in one portrait and the tunic in the other. Second top button is missing otherwise excellent condition. A unique piece from the Colonial Period of the British Empire.
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