Granville Sharp (1735-1813) was a British musician, scholar, and abolitionist. He was one of the 12 founders of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and, as a lawyer, attempted to establish legal precedents to force the slave trade's end through court cases.
Granville is a character in "Open All Hours", (a British sitcom about a miserly shop-keeper and his nephew) and is played by David Jason. Granville is the nephew.