Later Work
Grandy served as Governor of Gibraltar from 3 October 1973 to 30 May 1978 and then as Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 11 August 1978 to 9 February 1988. He was appointed a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John on 31 January 1974 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1988 New Year Honours. He was also Chairman of the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum. He died, following a stroke, at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough on 2 January 2004.
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