Grant Collection (page 2)

Jesse Jackson, Keith Vaz, Diane Abbott and Bernie Grant
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference table alongside Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz)

Lady Grant, nee Miss Margaret Cochran, in costume for the play Polly at the Savoy Theatre, London, 1923. Lady Grant was the wife of Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant

The war in America: General Pope's division at the Levee, Ca
General Pope's division on its way from New Madrid to reinforce General Halleck, near Corinth. Reinforcements are seen arriving by train for the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7th 1862

STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
I am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar

BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA
A continuation of the Battle of the Wilderness, the Confederates under General Lee attacked by Grant. Both armies ended in their original positions with heavy losses. Date: 10-12 May 1864

The Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont, Belgium, Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Battle of Albuera, Extremadura, Spain, 16 May 1811, fought by the French Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw against the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Battle of Bussaco, Aveiro district, Portugal, 27 September 1810, fought by the British and Portuguese against France, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1810

Albuera Monument, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, in memory of those who fell in the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). The monument was completed in 1854. Date: 1811

Battle of Corunna (Battle of Elvina), Galicia, Spain, 16 January 1809, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). It was fought by Great Britain and Spain against France. Date: 1809

Passage of the Douro (Second Battle of Porto, Battle of the Douro, Crossing of the Douro), Porto, Portugal, 12 May 1809, fought by Great Britain and Portugal against the French Empire

Bombardment of Copenhagen (Second Battle of Copenhagen), 15 August to 7 September 1807. Date: 1807

British Attack on Buenos Aires (Second Battle of Buenos Aires), Argentina, 4-5 July 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Date: 1807

Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Paul s
Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Pauls Cathedral, London, 9 January 1806. Date: 1806

The Battle of Maida, San Pietro di Maida, Calabria, southern Italy, 4 July 1806, part of the War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)

A minor engagement between the French Navy frigate Didon and the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Phoenix, off Cape Finisterre, west coast of Spain, 10 August 1805

Lieutenant Edward Nicolls boarding a French privateer cutter, the Albion, off Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, West Indies, 5 November 1803. Date: 1803

General Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) fording the River Kaitna, Battle of Assaye, western India, 23 September 1803

Nelson and the Signal, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 - the famous incident when Nelson held the telescope up to his blind eye in order to ignore a signal to retreat. Date: 1801

Sir Sidney Smith at the Siege of Acre, Ottoman Empire (now Akko, Israel), May 1799, during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802)

Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay), Egypt, a naval battle between the British (led by Nelson) and the French, 1-3 August 1798

Map, Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay), Egypt, a naval battle between the British (led by Nelson) and the French, 1-3 August 1798. Date: 1798

Battle of Cape St Vincent, southern Portugal, 14 February 1797, during the Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808). The British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral

Surrender of Admiral De Winter, head of the Dutch fleet, to Admiral Duncan of the British fleet, after the Battle of Camperdown (Camperduin, North Holland), 11 October 1797. Date: 1797

Nelson receiving the swords (as a symbol of surrender) on board the San Jose (later renamed HMS San Josef), a ship captured from the Spanish navy during the Battle of Cape St Vincent

Scene on deck before the Fourth Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, 1 June 1794. It was the first and largest naval action between Great Britain

Reception of the hostages from Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, by Lord Cornwallis, March 1792. Tipus two sons, aged about ten and eight

Spanish battering ships, port and starboard, used between 1781 and 1783 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Date: circa 1781

Flight of Hyder Ali, ruler of Mysore in Southern India, after the Battle of Porto Novo (now Parangipettai), between the British East India Company and the Sultanate of Mysore, 1 July 1781

The French Fleet off Grenada, West Indies. The Battle of Grenada of 6 July 1779 was a naval battle between the British and the French navies during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Major John Pitcairn entering Lexington in the early morning of 19 April 1775, faced with about 80 Lexington militiamen, marking the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War

After the Siege of Havana, Cuba, March to August 1762, which ended in a British victory against the Spanish, captured gold

Battle of Quiberon Bay (Bataille des Cardineaux), near Saint Nazaire, France, a naval battle fought between the British and the French on 20 November 1759, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Surrender of Pondicherry (Puducherry), India, after a siege lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, part of the Third Carnatic War

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Attack by Royal Highlanders on the Ticonderoga Fort, Battle of Ticonderoga (Battle of Carillon), 8 July 1758, during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Date: 1758

The Taking of Fort Louis, Guadeloupe, West Indies, by British forces against the French, 14 February 1759, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Date: 1759

Disaster in the Bay of Saint Cast, Brittany, north-west France, 11 September 1758, during the Battle of Saint Cast, Seven Years War (1756-1763). Boats full of British soldiers were fired at and sunk

Major General Edward Braddocks force attacked during an expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley on 9 July 1755; he died of his wounds a few days later

The Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1746

The Salute at the Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). Date: 1745

Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight, Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

Advance of the Highlanders at the Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB British Army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB was a British Army officer. He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War

Cyclorama, Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Date: circa 1930s

Sergeant Robert Grant at Royal Hospital Chelsea 1902
Chelsea Pensioner, a veteran of the Crimean War

Soldiers Field Stadium, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1933

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