Researching Granville Sharp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24957 people with the Sharp surname? In that year Sharp was ranked number 130 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Granville means "from the big town" and is of French origin.
Records of Granville Sharp on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Granville Sharp and the Sharp Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharp Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sharp family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 26145 people with the Sharp surname in the UK? Sharp is now ranked number 194 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharp Genealogy Databases
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Sharp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 100262 people with the Sharp surname in the USA? Sharp is ranked number 124 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sharp Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Granville Sharp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. Sharp formulated the plan to settle black people in Sierra Leone, and founded the St George's Bay Company, a forerunner of the Sierra Leone Company. His efforts led to both the founding of the Province of Freedom, and later on Freetown, Sierra Leone, and so he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. He was also a biblical scholar, a classicist, and a talented musician.
Source: Granville Sharp, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Granville Maynard Sharp
Granville Maynard Sharp (5 January 1906 – 8 August 1997) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Sharp was educated at Cleckheaton Grammar School, Ashville College in Harrogate, and St John's College, Cambridge. He became joint owner of his father's outfitters, and from 1928 until 1934 also served as a lecturer at the W. R. Technical Institute. He was commissioned in May 1939 and during the Second World War, he served in an Anti-Tank Regiment, and then as quartermaster general for Northern Ireland from 1942 to 1943. He became the senior British staff officer in the Economic Section of the Allied Control Commission in Italy, and then held a similar post in Austria.
Lt-Col. Sharp was elected at the 1945 general election as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Spen Valley constituency in West Yorkshire, and held the seat until its abolition at the 1950 general election. He returned to politics in 1970, serving as a Conservative on East Sussex County Council, then from 1973 on both West Sussex County Council and Mid Sussex District Council.
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