Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - A mụrụ Grant na Nairn na Scottish Highlands, ebe nna ya bụ ụkọchukwu parish, ma gụrụ akwụkwọ na Nairn Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School na Marischal College, Aberdeen. N'afọ 1846, ọ banyere n'òtù ndị agha India. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'agha ndị Sikh
(1848<unk>49), jere ozi na Indian Mutiny nke 1857, ma merụọ ahụ na arụmọrụ maka enyemaka nke Lucknow.