Celebrity News: Hugh Grant gives Donation To War Museum

Monday, June 27, 2011

Hugh Grant gives Donation To War Museum

27 June 2011

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Hugh Grant has been praised by officials at a Scottish war museum after he made a "generous donation" to help pay for refurbishments.
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The Notting Hill star has stepped up his support for the Highlanders' Museum in Fort George by handing over a grant to push them closer to their $4.8 million (�3 million) goal.
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Development director Peter Guthrie says, "Hugh Grant donated a lot of money. It was a very generous donation which we are most thankful for.
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"We've been lucky - all our funding applications have been successful. It's a good project and people are getting behind it."
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The actor's father Captain James Murray Grant served in the Seaforth Highlanders, while his grandfather was a commander at Fort George after World War II.
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Museum bosses have raised more than $4 million (�2.5 million) so far.
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Restoration work, which will include the building of a heritage centre, is expected to take two years when it begins next summer (12).