A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Grandy, John Samuel William
GRANDY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Samuel William Grandy entered the Navy 26 April, 1823; passed his examination in 1831; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 12 Dec. 1839; and on 1 Jan. 1842 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Continuing to serve in the Coast Guard, he had the good fortune, in Jan. 1845, to render much assistance to the Pelican sloop, when that vessel, with 250,000l. of specie on board took the ground between Stoke’s Bay and Fort Monckton. Mr. Grandy has been in command since 1 April, 1845, of the Active Revenue-cruizer. He is the Senior Lieutenant on the List of 1842.