Editing Hugh Grant (section)

==Early life and education ==
Grant was born on September 9, 1960 in [[Hammersmith Hospital]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-23 |title=Hugh Grant: A Life on Screen is a lesson in self-deprecation from Britain's most charming rogue – review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/hugh-grant-life-on-screen-review-four-weddings-sandra-bullock-andie-macdowell-a9255111.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> the second son of Fynvola Susan MacLean (1934–2001) and [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] James Murray Grant (born 1929). His grandfather, Colonel James Murray Grant, [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], was decorated for bravery and leadership at [[Saint-Valery-en-Caux]] during World War II.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cobain|first=Ian|title=Survivors of 'sacrificed' division still feel bitter|work=[[The Daily Telegraph#The Sunday Telegraph|The Sunday Telegraph]]|date = 4 June 2000|url=http://home.clara.net/clinchy/51st.htm}}</ref> Genealogist Anthony Adolph has described Grant's family history as "a colourful [[Anglo-Scot]]tish tapestry of warriors, empire-builders, and aristocracy."<ref name="adolph">{{Cite news |last=Gilchrist |first=Jim |date=17 August 2005 |title=Stars dig up surprises with their ancestors |work=The Scotsman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/stars-dig-up-surprises-with-their-ancestors-1-729532 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902191835/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/stars-dig-up-surprises-with-their-ancestors-1-729532 |archive-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> His ancestors include [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]];<ref>Walter Raleigh King (2019) ''Sunk Down among the People: The Story of the Descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh'' Kindle Direct Publishing. ASIN: B081SKM5HD</ref> [[William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan]]; [[James Stewart (missionary)|James Stewart]];<ref name="adolph"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Grants of Glenmoriston|publisher=ElectricScotland.com|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/grant2.html|access-date=28 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629081321/http://www.ancestry24.co.za/Content/Website/Profiles/HughGrant.aspx|url=http://www.ancestry24.co.za/Content/Website/Profiles/HughGrant.aspx |title=Hugh Grant – Actually – from the Cape !!! |archive-date=29 June 2009 |website=[[Ancestry24]]}}</ref> [[John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl]]; [[Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham]]; [[Evan Nepean|Sir Evan Nepean]]; and a sister of Prime Minister [[Spencer Perceval]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgson|first= Richard|title=Ancestors of a 21st century British family|website=[[RootsWeb]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814022231/http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ancestorsearch&id=I371|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ancestorsearch&id=I371|archive-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

Grant's father was an officer in the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] for eight years in [[Peninsular Malaysia|Malaya]] and [[West Germany|Germany]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ritchie|first=John|title='Upstage Guy? I should be so lucky|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=24 January 2001|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/01/24/tlritc24.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210018/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2001%2F01%2F24%2Ftlritc24.xml|archive-date=11 October 2007|access-date=6 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> He ran a carpet business and pursued hobbies such as [[golf]] and [[watercolour painting]]; he raised his family in [[Chiswick]], West London, where the Grants lived next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane.<ref name="early life in pictures">{{Cite news|last=Nikkhah|first=Roya|title= Hugh Grant's (early) life in pictures|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 October 2006|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1528474/Hugh-Grant%27s-%28early%29-life-in-pictures.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081206192613/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1528474/Hugh-Grant%27s-%28early%29-life-in-pictures.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 6 December 2008|access-date=10 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="ITAS">{{cite episode|title=Inside the Actors Studio: Hugh Grant|series=Inside the Actors Studio|series-link=Inside the Actors Studio|credits=Presenter: [[James Lipton]]|network=[[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]|air-date=12 May 2002|season=8|number=813}}</ref> In September 2006, a collection of Capt. Grant's paintings was hosted by The John Martin Gallery in a charity exhibition, organised by his son, called "James Grant: 30&nbsp;Years of Watercolours".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmlondon.com/pages/artistexhibitions/26311.html|publisher=jmlondon.com|title=James Grant – 30 Years of Watercolours|access-date=18 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714203658/http://www.jmlondon.com/pages/artistexhibitions/26311.html|archive-date=14 July 2007}}</ref> Hugh's mother worked as a schoolteacher and taught [[Latin]], [[French language|French]], and music for more than 30&nbsp;years in the [[state school]]s of west London.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Richard Boullemier|title=Chris bids farewell|work=Richmond & Twickenham Times|date=21 July 2007|url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/1561135.0/|access-date=11 September 2007}}</ref> She died at 67 of [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=WENN|title=Hugh Loses His Mother|publisher=cinema.com|date=13 July 2001|url= http://www.cinema.com/news/item/4604/hugh-loses-his-mother.phtml|access-date=11 September 2007}}</ref>

On ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' in 2002, Grant credited his mother with "any acting genes that [he] might have." Both his parents were children of military families,<ref name="grants views">{{cite news|title=Grant's Views|page=A2|work=Variety|date=16 December 2002}}</ref> but despite that background, he has said, his family was not always affluent as he grew up.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zaslow|first=Jeffrey|title=Charming sex symbol? Handsome bumbler? Male chauvinist?|work=[[USA Weekend]]|date=23 May 1999|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/99_issues/990523/990523talk.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130205072721/http://www.usaweekend.com/99_issues/990523/990523talk.html|archive-date=5 February 2013}}</ref> He spent many of his childhood summers<ref name="ITAS" /> hunting and fishing with his grandfather in Scotland.<ref name="early life in pictures"/> Grant has an older brother, James "Jamie" Grant, a New York-based investment banker.<ref name="early life in pictures"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Blackburn |first1=Virginia |title=Brothers in the shadows |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/318216/Brothers-in-the-shadows |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=5 May 2012}}</ref>

Grant started his education at Hogarth Primary School in [[Chiswick]], then moved to St Peter's Primary School in [[Hammersmith]], followed by [[Wetherby School]], an independent [[preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in [[Notting Hill]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hale|first1=Thomas|date=25 January 2019|title=A business model fit to educate royalty|url=https://www.ft.com/content/82414a81-ddf8-3337-8293-2d793a10d85c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/82414a81-ddf8-3337-8293-2d793a10d85c |archive-date=10 December 2022|newspaper=Financial Times|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonpreprep.com/schools/boys/wetherby-school/|title=Wetherby Pre-preparatory school Notting Hill, profile, admissions and reviews &#124; London's Top Schools|date=19 August 2011|website=London's Top Schools – London private school admissions and news}}</ref> From 1969 to 1978, he attended [[Latymer Upper School]] in Hammersmith,<ref name="thetimes1">{{cite news|author=Sian Griffiths |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/latymer-upper-school-forces-out-seven-over-drugs-c29wgvsnl |title=Latymer Upper School forces out seven over drugs &#124; News |publisher=The Sunday Times |access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> at the time a [[direct grant grammar school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latymerfoundation.org/the-foundation/history|title=A history of free places|work=The Latymer Foundation|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> He was educated on a scholarship and played 1st XV [[Rugby football|rugby]], [[cricket]], and [[Association football|football]].<ref name="sports profile"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Hugh Grant amongst past pupils bidding farewell to Chris Hammond|publisher=ChiswickW4.com|date=11 July 2007|url=http://chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/conschools95.htm|access-date=11 September 2007}}</ref> He also represented Latymer Upper on the quiz show ''[[Top of the Form (quiz show)|Top of the Form]]'', an academic competition between two teams of four secondary school students each.<ref name="ITAS" />

In 1979, he won the Galsworthy scholarship to [[New College, Oxford]], where he studied [[English literature]] and graduated with a [[second-class honours|2.1 grade]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/06/08/hugh-grant-enjoys-boozy-night-oxford-university-rugby-players/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/06/08/hugh-grant-enjoys-boozy-night-oxford-university-rugby-players/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hugh Grant enjoys boozy night with Oxford University rugby players, downing alcohol from a shoe as students cheer him on |quote=Grant won the Galsworthy scholarship to read English Literature at New College, and graduated with a 2.1 honours |last1=Turner |first1=Camilla |date=8 June 2017 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=11 May 2019 |last2=Diver |first2=Tony |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Then viewing acting as nothing more than a creative outlet,<ref>{{cite news |title=A not so rosy Hugh reveals his flaws |last=Johnston |first=Damon |work=[[Sunday Telegraph]] |date=9 June 2002 |page=99}}</ref> he joined the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]] and played Fabian in a production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Where are they now: Hugh Grant |url=https://cherwell.org/2012/11/05/where-are-they-now-hugh-grant/ |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |date=5 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Grant |work=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |date=12 May 2002 |quote=''Twelfth Night''. I was a very dull Fabian, who has some of the worst jokes not only in Shakespeare but in dramatic history.}}</ref> He also starred in his first film, ''[[Privileged (1982 film)|Privileged]]'' (1982), produced by the [[Oxford University Film Foundation]].<ref name=":0" /> He turned down an offer from the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]], [[University of London]], to pursue a PhD in [[art history]] because he failed to secure a grant.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Grant |work=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |date=12 May 2002 |quote=I was offered to do the doctorate in the history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London ..., but to get a grant you did need the [[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|first]], and I didn’t get that first ....}}</ref>