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Grant, James (1743
James Grant may refer to: Politics and law *Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer *Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician *Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament * James Grant, 11th of Glenmoriston (1792–1868), Scottish Highland chieftain *James Grant (Texas politician) (1793–1836), Texas-Mexico politician, physician and military participant in the Texas Revolution *James Grant (newspaper editor) (1802–1879), British newspaper editor * James Grant (Iowa politician) (1812–1891), American political leader in Iowa *James Macpherson Grant (1822–1885), Victoria (Australia) politician * James Grant (Ontario politician) (1831–1920), Scottish-born Canadian physician and politician *James Benton Grant (1848–1911), American governor of Colorado *Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet (1867–1932), British Conservative Party member of parliament *Jim Grant (lawyer) (born 1937), Canadian lawyer * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet
Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695) was a Scotland, Scottish lawyer of the seventeenth century. Appointed Lord Advocate, King's Advocate, he was created a baronet, "of Dalvey, Elgin, Nova Scotia, Elgin", in the baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 August 1688, with remainder "to his heirs whatsoever". He died in 1695 and was succeeded in his title and estates by his younger brother Ludovic. Lodge's ''Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage'' states that this family of Grant is "a branch of the ancient family of Grant, of Grant".page 699 of Edmund Lodge's ''The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage'' (1859), online at books.google.com (Retrieved 5 February 2008) Footnotes * 1695 deaths Grant baronets, 201 Clan Grant, James Lord advocates Year of birth missing {{Scot ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (RAF Airman)
Sergeant James Grant (30 January 1899 – ) was a Scottish flying ace credited with eight aerial victories during World War I. The teenage non-commissioned officer was a rarity among aces. While most were commissioned officers and fighter pilots, he was an observer and gunner aboard a bomber. Nonetheless, his accuracy with a machine gun and his doughtiness led to his being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal when he was only 18 years old. Early life Grant was born at the Ballimore estate, Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland, in 1899, the son of Simon Grant, a gardener, and Agnes McLeod Grant. He was living in Sandbank, Argyll when he enlisted into military service. World War I heroism James Grant had gained the rank of Sergeant Mechanic with No. 57 Squadron RAF when he flew as an observer/gunner from March to September 1918 in the squadron's Airco DH.4 light bombers. The squadron was stationed at Le Quesnoy, France at that time, and was tasked with photo reconnaissance sorties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (Australian Bishop)
James Alexander Grant (31 August 1931 – 10 July 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop who was the Dean of Melbourne from 1985 to 1999. Grant was educated at the University of Melbourne where he took a BA(Hons) in history. After further studies at the Trinity College Theological School, Melbourne, during 1957 and 1958, where he was awarded the Hey Sharp Prize in the Licentiate of Theology examination, he was ordained in 1959.First Senior Fellows Appointed , Trinity College website news item, 21 Oct. 2010. (accessed 18 July 2015) He also obtained a Bachelor of Divinity from the Melbourne College of Divinity in 1968. After curacies in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (minister)
James Grant (January 23, 1800 – July 28, 1890) was a Scottish minister. Combining his religious skills with business skills he was also Director of Scottish Widows for 50 years (1840 to 1890) and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1854. During his period as Moderator he was styled as Right Rev James Grant and thereafter as Very Rev James Grant. Life He was born in the manse at Portmoak on the northern edge of Loch Leven on 23 January 1800, the son of Rev Andrew Grant, minister of Portmoak. He attended the High School in Edinburgh then studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He was licensed as a minister by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in February 1822. In August 1824 he was ordained as minister of South Leith Parish Church in the harbour area of Edinburgh, where he stayed until 1843. The University of Glasgow awarded him an honorary doctorate (DD) in 1842. In 1843 he moved to St Mary's (Bellevue) Church in Edinburgh, in place of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (Scottish Bishop)
James Grant (July 1706 – 3 December 1778) was a Scottish priest and bishop who served as a missionary for the illegal and underground Catholic Church in Scotland upon the Isle of Barra and later as the vicar apostolic of the Lowland District. Life Born in Wester Boggs, Enzie, Banffshire in July 1706, he entered the Scots College Rome on 16 January 1726 and took the mission oath on 25 July 1725. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 4 April 1733. During the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, Grant was operating as the underground missionary priest of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides. According to Bishop John Geddes, "Early in the spring of 1746, some ships of war came to the coast of the isle of Barra and landed some men, who threatened they would lay desolate the whole island if the priest was not delivered up to them. Father James Grant, who was missionary then, and afterwards Bishop, being informed of the threats in a safe retreat in which he was in a little island, surrendered hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirencester College
Cirencester College is a sixth form college based in the town of Cirencester in the South Cotswolds. It is a specialist sixth form provider serving communities in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. Cirencester College offers a wide choice of qualifications including A-levels, the new T-levels in addition to vocational training. History Established as a tertiary college in 1991, Cirencester College gained its sixth form status in November 2011, one of only three designated colleges in the South West. Cirencester College was awarded ‘Good' status in all six categories by Ofsted in 2018, as well as Beacon Status in 2004. Campus The main campus is located half a mile from Cirencester town centre. The college undertook a building programme with a Sports Hall, multi classroom complex, STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) building, and an Animal Centre which opened in September 2019. The Gloucestershire Digital Skills Centre opened in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ill Blu
Ill Blu (stylized as iLL BLU) are a British record production duo, consisting of James Grant and Darius Ellington-Forde. Career Ill Blu began their career in 2008 following the release of "Frontline" by Princess Nyah; at the time, the members of Ill Blu went under the names J-Reel and Def1, respectively. Following the release of "Frontline", the two would adopt the name Ill Blu; in an interview, they would note that "iLL" represented the rawness of their beats and "BLU" represented their cool approach to making them. Following their well received remix of Shystie's 'Pull it' in 2009. iLL BLU quickly became sought after remixers and staples of the UK Funky House sound remixing for the likes of Roll Deep, Cheryl and Hot Chip, amongst many others. They would go on to cement their underground foundations releasing the "Blu Magic Riddim" and EPs ''Bellion/Dragon Pop'' on Kode 9’s Hyperdub and ''Meltdown'' on Jackmaster’s Numbers record label, the latter of which was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (musician)
James Grant (born 22 November 1963) is a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter. He grew up in Glasgow's Castlemilk district and still resides in the city. Friends Again James Grant's music career began in 1982 as songwriter and guitarist in the new wave band Friends Again, alongside Chris Thomson, later of the Bathers. The group had minor hit singles with "State of Art", "Sunkissed" and "Honey at the Core". They released a self-titled EP in 1983 which reached No. 59 in the UK and then recorded their debut album, ''Trapped & Unwrapped'', in 1984. On 5 June 2015, as part of the BBC Music Day at the broadcaster's Pacific Quay HQ in Glasgow, Grant and Thomson reunited to play two Friends Again songs - "State of Art" and "Honey at the Core" - for a live studio audience. Their performance was broadcast live on the ''Music Through Midnight'' show presented by Billy Sloan, though it was also filmed, perhaps for online content or a future broadcast. Love and Money When Friends A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Child
James Dover Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes Thriller (genre), thriller novels, and is best known for his ''Jack Reacher (book series), Jack Reacher'' novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, ''Killing Floor (novel), Killing Floor'' (1997), won both the Anthony Award and the 1998 Barry Award (for crime novels), Barry Award for Best First Novel. Early life and education Grant was born in Coventry. His Northern Irish father, who was born in Belfast, was a civil servant who lived in the house where the singer Van Morrison was later born. He is the second of four sons; his younger brother, Andrew Grant (writer), Andrew Grant, is also a thriller novelist. Grant's family moved to Handsworth Wood in Birmingham when he was four years old so that the boys could receive a better education. Grant attended Cherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (finance)
James "Jim" Grant (born 26 July 1946) is an American writer and publisher. He founded ''Grant's Interest Rate Observer'', a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets published since 1983. He has also written several books on finance and history. Personal life Grant served as a Navy Gunner's mate, graduated from Indiana University, and received a master's degree in International relations from Columbia University. He is married to Patricia Kavanagh, M.D., a neurologist, and lives in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. They have four children. Journalism He began his journalistic career at the Baltimore Sun in 1972 and joined the staff of Barron's in 1975. He founded ''Grant's'' in 1983. Success was slow. "A critic complained that Money of the Mind, my ... history of American finance, was like an account of the interstate highway system written from the point of view of the accidents", Grant wrote in ''Minding Mr. Market'' (1993). "The same might be said, both fairly and unfairly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (artist)
James Edward Grant (May 25, 1924 – August 14, 1997) was an American painter and sculptor active from the late 1950s into the early 1970s. Best known for his sculptural work in plastics, this work by no means defined him but was rather a natural endpoint of an exploration into increased dimensionality—starting from abstract canvases, moving through collages and bas-reliefs until the work finally came off the wall in sculptural form. Life and work Early life and education Grant was born in Los Angeles in 1924. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Engineering from the University of Southern California, he went on to pursue his M.F.A. at the Jepson Art Institute in Los Angeles, studying under Rico Lebrun. In 1950 he accepted a teaching position at Pomona College in Claremont, California where he was Assistant Professor of Art for nine years. At about this time he married Nancy Parkford. During his tenure at Pomona he worked with many influential artists and art historian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Edward Grant
James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 – February 19, 1966) was an American short-story writer, screenwriter, and film director, who contributed to more than 50 films between 1935 and 1971. He collaborated with John Wayne on 12 projects, starting with '' Angel and the Badman'' (which he also directed) in 1947 through '' Circus World'' in 1964. '' Support Your Local Gunfighter'' was released in 1971, five years after his death. Biography Born in Chicago, Grant was originally a journalist in his home town. He wrote a short story, "The Whipsaw", for the 11 Aug 1934 issue of ''Liberty'', which was turned into a movie with Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy launching his screenwriting career. Grant wrote numerous short stories that were published in '' Argosy'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', '' Cosmopolitan'', and ''Liberty'', among others. He also wrote a play, ''Plan M''. John Wayne called Grant "a dear friend", and said of him: He had a great talent as a writer. Jimmy was a short-stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
