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Sir
John Peter Grant
GCMG KCB
Born(1807-11-28)28 November 1807
London
Died6 January 1893(1893-01-06) (aged 85)
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College; Edinburgh University
Alma materEast India College; Fort William College
Occupationcolonial administrator
SpouseHenrietta Isabella Phillippa Plowden

Sir John Peter Grant, GCMG, KCB, (28 November 1807 – 6 January 1893), was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (1859–1862) and as Governor of Jamaica.

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