" Amazing Grace " set to " New Britain " was included in two hymnals distributed to soldiers and with death so real and imminent, religious services in the military became commonplace.

Several editions featuring Newton's first three stanzas and the verse previously included by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom's Cabin were published by Excell between 1900 and 1910, and his version of " Amazing Grace " became the standard form of the song in American churches.

Following the appropriation of the hymn in secular music, " Amazing Grace " became such an icon in American culture that it has been used for a variety of secular purposes and marketing campaigns, placing it in danger of becoming a cliché.

Since 1954 when an organ instrumental of " New Britain " became a bestseller, " Amazing Grace " has been associated with funerals and memorial services.

He left one daughter and sole-heiress Grace de Tracy who married John de Sudeley, They had two children: Ralph de Sudeley ( d. 1192 ), the eldest, who became his father's heir, and Sir William II " de Tracy " ( d. post 1172 ), who inherited his mother's barony of Bradninch and assumed her family name in lieu of his patronymic.

Subsequently, Sarah Vaughan, Judi Dench, Grace Jones, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Zarah Leander, Tiger Lillies, Ray Conniff, Glenn Close, Cher and many other famous artists have recorded the song, and it became a jazz standard.

He continued his education at home where one of his tutors was the Reverend John Dann, who was the Downend parish church curate ; like Mr Barnard before him, Mr Dann became Grace's brother-in-law, marrying Blanche Grace in 1869.

Grace became a member of Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) in 1869 after being proposed by the treasurer, Thomas Burgoyne, and seconded by the secretary, Robert Allan Fitzgerald.

Grace wore MCC colours for the rest of his career, playing for them on an irregular basis until 1904, and their red and yellow hooped cap became as synonymous with him as his large black beard.

With Grace and his brothers E. M. and Fred playing, Gloucestershire won that game by 51 runs and quickly became one of the best teams in England.

Hornby, who became a rival of Grace in future years ; and the Honourable George Harris, the future Lord Harris, who became a very close friend and a most useful ally.

Grace became the first batsman to score a century before lunch in a first-class match when he made 134 for Gentlemen of the South versus Players of the South at The Oval in 1873.

Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain with an annual salary of £ 600.

But the upheaval was worthwhile because, in November 1879, Grace finally received his diploma from the University of Edinburgh, having qualified as a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians ( LRCP ) and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons ( MRCS ).

* March 20 – Grace Brown, American murder victim whose story became a famous court case, ( d. 1906 )

Two of Grace Kelly's uncles were prominent in the arts ; her father's eldest brother, Walter C. Kelly ( 1873 – 1939 ), was a vaudeville star whose nationally known act The Virginia Judge was filmed as a 1930 MGM short and a 1935 Paramount feature, and another older brother, George Kelly ( 1887 – 1974 ), estranged from the family due to his homosexuality, became renowned in the 1920s as a dramatist, screenwriter and director with a hit comedy-drama, The Show Off in 1924 – 25, and was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his next play, Craig's Wife.

The 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette eventually became the basis for An American Tragedy.

became a hit when it aired on the Public Broadcasting Service, while Absolutely Fabulous enjoyed a significant following when it aired on Comedy Central, and The Office won a Golden Globe award in 2004 for " Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy ", beating popular American favourites such as HBO's Sex and the City and NBC's Will & Grace.

He became a grandfather on March 31, 2011, when Isabelle gave birth to a daughter, Grace.

Jane was staying with Grace when she answered a newspaper ad for a job and thus became a maid on the royal staff.

* Grace Brethren Christian Church and School ( 6501 Surratts Road ); this building was originally built as the first Surrattsville High School, and then became Surrattsville Junior High School before it was sold to Grace Brethren.

In 1974, Keel became a father for the fourth time with the birth of his daughter, Leslie Grace.

She reunited with Aliens director James Cameron for his 2009 film Avatar, with Weaver playing a major part as Dr. Grace Augustine, leader of the AVTR ( avatar ) program on the film's fictional moon Pandora.

Roman leader Jason Grace duels and defeats Krios himself.

At a Social Credit party convention in July 1991 she was formally elected leader of the Social Credit Party of BC, in an upset, defeating the favoured front-runner Grace McCarthy.

He had two younger brothers and one sister: John, who was another leader of the rebellion ; Francesco, who died in infancy ; and Grace.

In 1536, for example, the political leader Robert Aske was executed at York Castle on the orders of Henry VIII, following the failure of Aske's Pilgrimage of Grace protest against the dissolution of the monasteries.

He is an active member and volunteer leader in the Grace Presbyterian Church.

After Premier Vander Zalm resigned, Socred members voted the lesser-known Rita Johnston, a close ally of Vander Zalm, to be their new leader, over Grace McCarthy, a longtime associate of former Premier Bill Bennett.

This series marked the return of Billy Murdoch as Australia ’ s leader, and pitched him against The Champion, WG Grace.

:" To Thee, the champion leader, do we Thy servants dedicate a hymn of victory and thanksgiving, as ones who have been delivered from eternal death by the Grace of Christ our God Who was born of Thee and by Thy maternal mediation before Him.

He was notable for his interest in social reform and in politics: as rector of Grace Church he worked to make it an institutional church with working-men's clubs, day nurseries, kindergartens, etc., and he took part in the summer work of the missions on the east side in New York City long after he was bishop ; in 1900 he attacked the Tammany mayor ( Robert A Van Wyck ) of New York City, accusing the city government of protecting vice, and was a leader in the reform movement which elected Seth Low mayor in the same year ; he frequently assisted in settling labour disputes ; he worked for the re-establishment of the army canteen and attempted to improve the saloon, which he called the poor man's club notably by his taking part in the opening ( August 1904 ) of the unsuccessful Subway Tavern.

Anna Bligh, Nicholas Rudd, then Australian Labor Party | Labor leader Kevin Rudd, and Grace Grace ( state Labor MP for Electoral district of Brisbane Central | Brisbane Central ) at Labour Day 2007

Katz moved Grace back to Cleveland and played with Spitalny until the leader left Loew's Theater in 1932.

* Thomas Percy, knight, ( c. 1504 – 1537 ), executed as a leader of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace uprising

* Robert Aske ( political leader ) ( 1500 – 1537 ), leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace, against the dissolution of the monasteries

Born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Dr. Wilfred Abram Bigelow, founder of the first private medical clinic in Canada, and Grace Ann Gordon, nurse and midwife, he gained his MD from the University of Toronto in 1938.

McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, which premiered in September 1998.

Nickerson's story gained widespread prominence after his friend Wyoming historian Grace Raymond Hebard ( 1861 – 1936 ) published the account in a 1920 pamphlet entitled " How Woman Suffrage Came to Wyoming ( 1869 )".

In 1975, Harty moved to the BBC with an early evening celebrity chatshow, which gained some unwelcome notice when he was smacked in the face by Jamaican-American singer Grace Jones on live TV on 18 November 1980.

Both Grace Slick ( singing with Jefferson Airplane ) and Janis Joplin ( singing initially with Big Brother & the Holding Company ) gained a substantial following locally and, before long, across the country.