july
Highlighted Events from July
July 31, 1737
Robert Adair, dies
Robert Adair, MP for Philipstown, dies on this date, having had one of his legs cut off above the knee for a mortification and died soon after
July 28, 1913
Jo Grimond, born
Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC (/ˈɡrɪmənd/; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976.
July 26, 1813
Battle of Garvagh
On 26 July 1813 in Garvagh, a settlement in County Londonderry about nine miles south of Coleraine.
July 20, 1889
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, born
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971), was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.