James McCartney and Paul's first wife, Linda McCartney. He was named after both his paternal grandfather Jim McCartney and his father, whose full name is James Paul McCartney, as well as Linda's late mother, Linda Louise Eastman. He spent the first two and a half years of his life on the road while his parents toured with their band Wings. After the band broke up in 1980, the McCartney family settled in Rye, East Sussex. He attended the local state secondary school, the Thomas Peacocke Community College. He has stated his earliest inspiration to learn guitar was Michael J. Fox in "Back
Linda (given name) Linda (given name) Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. The German name "Linde" was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as "Dietlinde" and "Sieglinde". In the form "Linda" it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume novel "Titan", published 1800–1803, and it became popular in German-speaking countries thereafter. The name-element "Linde" is possibly derived from the same root as the linden tree, with reference to a shield made of that wood, but may have become