John paul jones brief biography of sir
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John Paul
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Arbigland is in the parish of Kirkbean on the west coast of Scotland. It fryst vatten on the north shore of the Firth of Solway which divides Scotland from
England opening into the Irish Sea. This Presbyterian parish was name for St. Beanus, the missionär who first evangelized the Picts of the area.
John Paul, Sr. and his wife jean MacDuff lived on the estate of Mr. William Craik known as Arbigland. John Sr. was the gardener which was essentially the landscape architect for the estate. There were seven children: William who went to Virginia, Elizabeth, Janet, Mary Ann, John, and two who died as infants. Janet married William Taylor and was the heir of her brother's estate. The Taylors had a daughter Janette who never married, and a son William, who had a son Willia
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John Paul Jones (musician)
British bassist (born 1946)
Musical artist
John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946)[1] is an English musician and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin. He was a session musician and arranger when he formed the band with Jimmy Page in 1968. Jones developed a solo career after drummer John Bonham died and Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980. He has collaborated with musicians in a variety of genres,[2] including the supergroupThem Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and Alain Johannes. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as a member of Led Zeppelin.
Biography
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[edit]John Baldwin was born in Sidcup, Kent, on 3 January 1946.[1] He started playing piano when he was six, learning from his father, Joe Baldwin, a pianist and arranger for big bands in the 1940s and 1950s, notably with Ambrose and his Orchestra. His mo
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John Paul Jones Museum |
John Paul Jones became the first US naval hero of the American Revolution, and in many eyes the father of the US Navy. Later in his career he briefly became an Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, before ending his life in France. Yet he was born - with the name of John Paul - in 1747, the son of a gardener on the Solway coast south of Dumfries. A feature on his life can be found in our biography section here.
The cottage in which John Paul Jones was born at Arbigland, near Kirkbean, now forms part of a museum celebrating his life and his achievements. Two of the rooms in the cottage have been restored to give an impression of the living room and a bedroom at the time of John Paul Jones' childhood. A third room has been converted into a very evocative recreation of the captain's cabin on the Bonhomme Richard, the ship from which John Paul Jones commanded his small fleet to victory a