Hugh John Mungo Grant

Hugh Grant, actually Hugh John Mungo Grant is an extremely well educated chap. He is also a well-known British actor. British to the root, most would say. Well, do I have news for you!

His roots do not all pass into the soul of Notting Hill or Scotland - it passes deep through our Mother City, Cape Town and not only the British Isles – as one would think. His roots run deep into South Africa, notwithstanding his excellent British education. Major Ronald Grant was born in the Cape and died at his home in Newlands, Cape Town. Whilst his paternal roots run deep into the South African heart, his maternal roots are as Scottish as can be – and she is an aristocrat, without doubt.

“Hugh attended Wetherby School, Latymer Upper School as well as gaining a scholarship at the New College in Oxford where he studied English and was a member of the Piers Gaveston Society, a notorious dining club. Before his finals exams at Oxford, he was set to do a PhD in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute but could not follow through as he failed to attain a first class degree which he would have required to achieve for his doctoral studies”

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mother actually gave him piano lessons, so he is musical as well!

Lets forget all the scandal and concentrate on the positive. Apart from his well-publicised film career, where he became famous as a result of Four Weddings and a Funeral, he is an accomplished producer and comedian and good musician.

Scandal seems to have followed him throughout his life and I think he really has the knack to ‘step into it’ – as it were.

Grant is an ‘addictive’ golfer, albeit it very competitive and often extremely unsporting about it, a very good rugby union player who played In his Schools first team and even plays soccer.

You can have a look at Hugh’s Family Tree here.

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