Not to be confused with Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham.
The Right Honourable
Sir James Grigg
KCB KCSI
Secretary of State for War
In office 22 February 1942 – 26 July 1945
Monarch
George VI
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Preceded by
David Margesson
Succeeded by
Jack Lawson
Member of Parliament for Cardiff East
In office 13 April 1942 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by
Owen Temple-Morris
Succeeded by
Hilary Marquand
Personal details
Born
(1890-12-16)16 December 1890 Exmouth, Devon
Died
5 May 1964(1964-05-05) (aged 73)
Nationality
British
Alma mater
St John's College, Cambridge
Sir Percy James Grigg, KCB, KCSI, PC (16 December 1890 – 5 May 1964), often referred to as P J Grigg and later better known as Sir James Grigg, was a British civil servant who was unexpectedly moved, at the behest of then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill, from being the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the War Office to become Secretary of State for War, the political head of the same department during the Second World War.
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specified to be as low as possible. The Secretary of State for War (JamesGrigg) and the Minister of Supply (Andrew Duncan) issued a Joint Memorandum...
Government of India: Sir Frank Noyce, Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, Sir JamesGrigg, Sir Henry Craik, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, P. R. Rau, Girija Shankar Bajpai...
government of India and which, they advised, the Indian Finance Minister, JamesGrigg, was unwilling to support. Finally, in February 1938, the king had to...
Cardiff East from 1945–1950, where he defeated the then War Secretary JamesGrigg to take the seat, and for Middlesbrough East from 1950–1961. He was Secretary...
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prompted by objections from JamesGrigg, his secretary of state for war, sent a memo suggesting the production be stopped. Grigg warned that the public's...
1953 in Champaign, Illinois, by Champaign High School music teachers JamesGriggs and Don Hamacher. The second restaurant was opened after the owners were...
Private Secretary to JamesGrigg, the Finance Minister of India, who later appointed him as the First Indian financial adviser when Grigg was appointed as...
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. 1944-06-08. (Secretary of State for War Sir Percy JamesGrigg, KCB, KCSI, PC) I should like to send to you and to all the officers...
actor Pearl Carr (born 1923), entertainer (born in the town) Percy JamesGrigg (1890–1964), politician Pete Lee-Wilson, actor Peter Knight (1917–1985)...
classics: Dr No". BBC News. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2011. Grigg, Richard (November 2007). "Vanquishing Evil without the Help of God: The...
The Ricardian contract, as invented by Ian Grigg in 1996, is a method of recording a document as a contract at law, and linking it securely to other systems...
1940 David Margesson Conservative 22 December 1940 22 February 1942 Sir JamesGrigg National 22 February 1942 23 May 1945 Secretary of State for Air Sir...
Churchill as Warlord 1940–45. HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-733774-3. Sir JamesGrigg, Permanent Under-Secretary at the War Office where Eden was Secretary...
Shaun Grigg (born 19 April 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 171 games for Richmond and 43 games for Carlton over...
Sircar, Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council. Sir Percy JamesGrigg KCB Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council. Captain His Highness...
League regular season with a record of 68–50, playing under manager JamesGrigg. Galax finished 16.0 games behind the first place Elkin Blanketeers in...
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