The 7th Duke of Marlborough was the paternal grandfather of the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill ( who was born at Blenheim Palace on 30 November 1874 ).

* November 3 – Leonard Jerome, American entrepreneur and grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill ( d. 1891 )

Upon the death of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet in 1749, the wealth left by his grandfather, Sir George Downing, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built 10 Downing Street ( a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college ), was applied by his will.

After the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461, during the Wars of the Roses, the defeated Lancastrian leader Owen Tudor ( grandfather of the future Henry VII of England ) was taken to Hereford by Sir Roger Vaughan and executed in High Town.

He was born in Gloucestershire, at Pauntley in the Forest of Dean, although his family originated from Kinver in Staffordshire, England, where his grandfather Sir William de Whittington was a knight at arms.

** Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples

The king's cousin Sir Robert Stewart, heir to his grandfather Walter, Earl of Atholl, was chamberlain of the royal household and used his privileged position to allow a small band of former Albany adherents led by Robert Graham to enter the building.

Houston's ancestry is often traced to his great-great grandfather Sir John Houston, who built a family estate in Scotland in the late seventeenth century.

He was the father of the author and biographer James Boswell, and grandfather of songwriter Sir Alexander Boswell.

The Stanleys had been among the earliest supporters of Henry Bolingbroke ’ s bid to win the English throne for the House of Lancaster in 1399 and Stanley ’ s great, grandfather Sir John Stanley, had been richly rewarded for his assistance.

* Sir Francis Uproar, his grandfather, do.

John Wright's son, Francis, married Selina, daughter of Sir Henry FitzHerbert, 3rd Baronet of Tissington Hall, Derbyshire and was a noted philanthropist ; he was Susan's great great grandfather.

His grandfather, the Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justice and a Privy Councillor.

His elder son James Erskine Wemyss ( 1789 – 1854 ) was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy and the grandfather of Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss ( 12 April 1864 – 24 May 1933 ), known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919.

Moses Chaim Montefiore, the grandfather of Sir Moses Montefiore, also came to the country at much the same time for precisely the same reason.

His maternal grandfather, Sir Michael Balcon, was the head of Ealing Studios.

Although Packer's reputation as an astute businessman was legendary and he made some good investments, he was by no means a self-made man – his grandfather Robert Clyde Packer and his father Sir Frank Packer had built up the media empire and its related holdings over many decades.

Packer's grandfather Robert Clyde Packer owned two Sydney newspapers whilst his father, Sir Frank Packer, was one of Australia's first media moguls, and Kerry's son, James Packer, is Executive Chairman of PBL.

There are also many living descendants of his great-grandson Charles Evelyn, who was the grandfather of the last baronet, Sir Hugh Evelyn, 5th Bt.

He was born at Clerkenwell, London, 19 October 1610, in the house of his maternal grandfather, Sir John Poyntz.

Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto.

He married twice and was the father of Sir James Stephen and grandfather of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and Sir Leslie Stephen and great-grandfather of Virginia Woolf.

Prince Karim Aga Khan became the present Aga Khan IV upon assuming the Imamat of the Nizari Ismaili community on July 11, 1957, at the age of 20-succeeding his grandfather, His Highness Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan ( known as the Aga Khan III ).

He has held this position of Imam, under the title of Aga Khan IV, since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III.

Following the death of his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan ( the Aga Khan III ), Prince Karim, at the age of 20, became the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis and Aga Khan IV, bypassing his father, Prince Aly Khan, and his uncle, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who were in direct line to succession.

In the Ottoman Empire a policy of judicial royal fratricide was introduced by Sultan Mehmet II whose grandfather Mehmed I had to fight a long and bloody civil war against his brothers ( which brought the empire near to destruction ) to take the throne.

As was the case with his grandfather, Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan Iskandar's independent mindset resulted in strained relations with the Malaysian federal government on numerous occasions.

This picture shows his grandfather, Sultan Ibrahim of Johor | Sultan Ibrahim.

Some of his children and grandchildren are also similarly named after his forebears, notably his older son, Tunku Ibrahim, who was named after the Sultan's grandfather, Sultan Ibrahim.

His grandfather Syed Osman came from Bukhara to Jaunpur on invitation from Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi.

His Highness was buried in the Royal Mausoleum in Bandar Seri Begawan, alongside his wife, and his father, Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, his grandfather, Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin and his eldest brother and predecessor Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin.

His grandfather, Ibrahim Khan Sur, was a noble adventurer who was recruited much earlier by Sultan Bahlul Lodi of Delhi during his long contest with the Jaunpur Sultanate.

: Not to be confused with his grandfather Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi.

He was born in aristocratic Muslim family in 1285 in which his father, uncle, and grandfather all working in high government posts under the Sultan of Delhi.

Sultan Mansur, who was Sultan Mahmud's grandfather.

Granted the governorship of Fars by his grandfather, Abdullah found his position threatened by his cousin Sultan Muhammad during the 1447 succession crisis which followed Shah Rukh's death, and was forced to abandon the province.

Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ( 1840 – 1909 ) was the grandfather of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, first president of the United Arab Emirates.

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismailis, having succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III on July 11, 1957.

* Abdul Mutallib, grandfather of Islamic prophet Mohammed ( d. 578 )

Unexpectedly, Abbas now chose as heir the son of Mohammed Baqir Mirza, Sam Mirza, a cruel and introverted character who was said to loathe his grandfather because of his father ’ s murder.

His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of King Farouk.

Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was born in 1908 on the Shafi ' i ( Sunni ) Hadhramaut coast of south Yemen to Awad bin Aboud bin Laden ( died 1919 ), a Kindite Hadhrami tribesman from al-Rubat, a village in the Wadi Doan in the Tarim Valley ; Mohammed's paternal grandfather was Aboud bin Laden, the grandson of Ali bin Laden, one of four brothers ( the others being Ahmed, Mansour, and Zaid ) from whom the four bin Laden clans trace their ancestry.

Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan was a professor of Mathematics and her grandmother was a professor of English Literature.

* Choudhry Mohammed Azam is also a respectable man who's father and grandfather contributed well to the making of the town.

Since then, Sidi Mohammed al-Mishri, led the prayers for Shaykh Tijani, and wrote the answers on his behalf until 1793 ; the year that Shaykh Tijani started himself to lead the prayers, in compliance with the instruction of his grandfather the prophet Sidna Mohammed.

Also of note is the Il-Arslan Mausoleum-the oldest standing monument: a conical dome of 12 facets, housing the tomb of Mohammed II's grandfather, Il-Arslan, who died in 1172.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's grandfather, Saeed bin Maktoum and Sheikh Maktoum's great-grandfather, Juma ' a bin Maktoum were brothers.