A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Grant, Duncan Brooks Gordon
GRANT. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Duncan Brooks Gordon Grant passed his examination in 1824; and obtained his commission 22 Oct. 1827. His appointments have since been – 26 Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Hyperion 42, Capt, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under whom he served on the Coast Blockade until March, 1831 – 9 May, 1837, to the Victory 104, bearing the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendents at Portsmouth, where he continued the usual period of three years – and, 25 June, 1840, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now employed.