Rear-Admiral John Grant CB DSO (13 October 1908 – 28 February 1996) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.

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John Grant
Born	13 October 1908
Died	28 February 1996 (1996-02-29) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1926–1960
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Beverley HMS Philante HMS Opportune HMS Fame HMS Crispin HMS Cleopatra HMS Vernon Reserve Fleet
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

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Grant joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1926.^[1] He specialised in anti-submarine warfare and saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean during World War II.^[1] He became staff officer for convoys at Rosyth in 1940 and then commanded the destroyer HMS Beverley from 1941 before being posted to the anti-submarine warfare training school, HMS Osprey, in a training role from 1942.^[1] He briefly commanded the yacht HMS Philante in 1943^[1] and then became Assistant Staff Officer for Operations at Headquarters Western Approaches later that year.^[2]

After the War he commanded the destroyer HMS Opportune, the destroyer HMS Fame and then the destroyer HMS Crispin.^[1] After attending the Joint Services Staff College in 1947 he became executive officer at the torpedo school HMS Vernon in 1948 and deputy director of Torpedo at the Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Division of the Admiralty in 1949.^[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Cleopatra in 1952 and after attending Imperial Defence College in 1954, became Commander of HMS Vernon in 1955.^[1] He joined the staff of the Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence in 1957. Promoted to rear-admiral on 7 January 1959,^[3] he became Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1959 before retiring in 1960.^[1]