James Grant was a British soldier. He was born in 1720 and died in 1806. He met with a severe defeat in command of an expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758. He commanded two brigades of British troops at Long Island, and was in command of New Jersey during the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He served as a major-general in the battles of Brandy wine and Germantown in 1777, and defeated Lee at Monmouth in 1778.
James Grant was a Scottish novelist. He was born in 1822 at Edinburgh 1822 and died in 1887. He lived in America from 1832 to 1839, in which year he returned to England, and was gazetted ensign in the 62nd Foot. He resigned his commission in 1843; began to contribute to periodical literature, and in 1846 published his first book, The Romance of War. A large number of works followed, most of them bearing marks of his military training, or based on historical events, Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (1848), Bothwell (1851), Jane Seton (1853), Philip Rollo (1854), Frank Hilton (1855), Yellow Frigate (1855), Harry Ogilvie (1856), Lucy Arden (1859), Mary of Lorraine (1860), Dick Rodney (1861), King's Own Borderers (1865), White Cockade (1867), British Battles on Land and Sea (1873), Old and New Edinburgh (1880-1883), etc. He became a Roman Catholic in 1875. Research James Grant
The bicorne or bicorn was a hat worn from the 1780s. The bicorne had the brim turned up at the front and back, completely hiding the crown. The brim was pressed in at the front to form a peak. The front-left of the hat was usually decorated with a cockade or rosette. The bicorne was traditionally part of the ceremonial uniform of the British, French and American navies. Research Bicorne
A cockade is a kind of rosette worn in the hat by men-servants of naval and military officers, or of individuals holding office under the Crown. It was formerly worn in the hats of soldiers. Research Cockade
HMS Cockade was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Cockade was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes. Research Cockade
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