Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Grant wuxuu ku dhashay Nairn oo ku taal Scottish Highlands, halkaas oo aabihiis uu ahaa wasiirka kaniisadda, wuxuuna wax ku bartay Nairn Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School iyo Marischal College, Aberdeen. 1846 wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka Hindiya. waxa uu ka qeyb qaatay howlo shaqo oo
Dagaalkii Sikh (1848<unk>49), wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Bandowgii Hindiya ee 1857, waxaana lagu dhaawacay howlgallada loogu talagalay gargaarka Lucknow.