Sir John Peter Grant, GCMG, KCB, (28 November 1807 – 6 January 1893), was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal...
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Peter Raymond Grant FRS FRSC (born October 26, 1936) and Barbara Rosemary Grant FRS FRSC (born October 8, 1936) are a British married couple who are evolutionary...
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Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. He was a grandson of Sir John Peter Grant...
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John Grant may refer to: John Grant (author) (1949–2020), pseudonym used by science fiction writer Paul Le Page Barnett John Grant (children's author)...
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John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart DL FRGS FRSGS (born 22 October 1946), styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, also known as Johnnie Grant, is...
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John Peter Grant (21 September 1774 – 17 May 1848) was a Scottish politician from Inverness-shire who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies...
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Rivers of London (book series) (redirect from Peter Grant books)
The Rivers of London series (alternatively, the Peter Grant or the PC Grant series) is a series of urban fantasy novels by English author Ben Aaronovitch...
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Peter Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager, best known as the manager of Led Zeppelin from their creation in 1968 to their...
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Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL)...
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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading...
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Countess. In 2003 her sister Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (1918–2011), the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus MBE, became the...
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1017/S0738248022000578. ISSN 0738-2480. Marsala, Vincent John (1967). Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica, 1866–1874: an Administrative History...
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married Lieutenant-Colonel John Peter Grant younger of Rothiemurchus (1915–1987), who succeeded his father as 15th Grant of Rothiemurchus. They had two...
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Peter Grant (born 12 October 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glenrothes from 2015 to 2024. He is a member...
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(1853 – 23 April 1933). In 1847 Queen Victoria granted Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park to Lord and Lady John. It remained their family home for the rest...
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Parishes of Jamaica (section The Grant reforms)
and the colonial administration being turned into a crown colony. John Peter Grant was appointed Governor arriving in August 1866, and he set about instituting...
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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president...
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Peter Grant (5 December 1915 – 12 February 2003) was an Irish sculptor. He was born at Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Grant moved to Dublin with his family in...
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and France. Grant was born in Edinburgh in 1797. Her father, John Peter Grant, was a Member of Parliament. Her brother, Sir John Peter Grant, was the father...
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ISBN 0299151506. Auber, Peter. An Analysis of the Constitution of the East-India Company. p. 758. Stearn, Roger T. (2004). "Grant, Sir John Peter, of Rothiemurchus...
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John Grant (born 1933), professionally known under pen name Jonathan Gash, is an English doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series...
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1907 to 1909 James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), Governor of East Florida from 1763 to 1771 John Peter Grant (1807–1893), Governor...
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was completely overhauled during the educational reforms of Governor John Peter Grant, who brought two new schoolmasters over from England. Wolmer's is the...
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Peter Jones & Partners (formerly and commonly known as Peter Jones) is a large department store in central London. It is owned by John Lewis & Partners...
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Peter Grant Hay (9 July 1879 – 29 August 1961) was an Australian brewer, landowner, pastoralist and thoroughbred racehorse breeder. He founded the Richmond...
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Peter John Grant (born 15 August 1984 in Durban) is a South African rugby player. He was educated at Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg where he matriculated...
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Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his...
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great-granddaughter of the diarist Elizabeth Grant Smith and the maternal great-great-granddaughter of Scottish politician John Peter Grant. Through her mother she was...
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A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated...
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1857–1862 Edward John Eyre, 1862–1865, acting to 1864 Sir Henry Knight Storks, 12 December 1865 – 16 July 1866 Sir John Peter Grant, 1866–1874 W. A. G...
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