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
Personal relationships of Paul McCartney as "And I Love Her", "You Won't See Me", and "I'm Looking Through You". On 25 December 1967 they announced their engagement, but they separated in early 1968. McCartney met the American photographer Linda Eastman in a club in London while still with Asher. They met again at the launch party for the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album. In May 1968, McCartney met Eastman again in New York, and they were married on 12 March 1969. They had three children together and remained married until her death from breast cancer in 1998. McCartney appeared publicly beside Heather Mills at a party