Family
Grogan was the son of Colonel Edward George Grogan CB, who commanded the 1st Battalion Black Watch in the Second Boer War, and his wife Meta, only daughter of Admiral William King-Hall. His grandfather was Captain George Grogan of Sutton, County Dublin, a Captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards.
On the 22nd January 1920 Grogan married Ethel Elger, eldest daughter of John Elger, at Holy Trinity Church, Chelsea, London. They had two sons: Gwyn, born 7th August 1921, and George, born 27th June 1924.
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