Kenneth Lindsay Grant, born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1899, lived a life that stretched far beyond the boundary ropes. He attended Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain before moving to Canada for his university education. On the field, he played non-first-class cricket for South Trinidad in the Beaumont Cup between 1926 and 1939. His family had deep ties to the highest levels of West Indian cricket, as his younger brothers Jack and Rolph both captained the West Indies Test team during the 1930s.
Grant made his own mark on the international game as an umpire. He stood in a single Test match in 1930, officiating a clash between the West Indies and England. Decades later, he remained influential in the region's cricket administration, serving as a member of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control from 1959 to 1970.
Outside of cricket, Grant led a remarkably active civic and professional life, serving in both the First and the Second World War. In 1946, he took over the management of his family trading firm, T. Geddes Grant, following the death of his brother Fred. His contributions to society earned him an OBE in 1956 and a knighthood in 1962.
Trinidad and Tobago recognised his extensive philanthropy and voluntary social work by awarding him the Chaconia Gold Medal in 1969. Grant passed away in Port of Spain in 1989 at the age of 89, just a year after publishing his memoirs, To Live Twice Over, to Live Forever: Memoirs of Sir Lindsay Grant.