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|blood=[[Pure-blood]] or [[Half-blood]]<ref name="blood">According to ''[[Pottermore]]'', Nobby Leach (Minister for Magic between 1962 and 1968) was the first Muggle-born wizard ever to be appointed to the office)</ref>
 
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|hair=White<ref name="WotM">''[[Wizard of the Month]]''</ref> (formerly brown)<ref name="FWC">Stump's Chocolate Frog Card in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''</ref>
 
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{{Quote| ''[A being is]'' any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws.|Grogan Stump.|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)}}
 
{{Quote| ''[A being is]'' any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws.|Grogan Stump.|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)}}
   
'''Minister Grogan Stump''' ([[1770s|1770]]-[[1880s|1884]]) was [[Minister for Magic]] from [[1810s|1811]] to [[1810s|1819]]<ref name="WOMBAT">Sixth question of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] at ''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]''</ref> and was very popular in the job.<ref name="FWC"></ref>
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'''Minister Grogan Stump''' ([[1770s|1770]]-[[1880s|1884]]) was [[Minister for Magic]] from [[1810s|1811]] to [[1810s|1819]] and was very popular in the job. His legacy includes the creation of the [[Being Division|Being]], [[Beast Division|Beast]] and [[Spirit Division]]s of the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]], and the establishment of the [[Department of Magical Games and Sports]]. He was elected Minister by the Wizarding population in [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] at least twice.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
[[File:Grogan Stump.jpg|thumb|160px|left|A younger Stump.]]
 
[[File:Grogan Stump.jpg|thumb|160px|left|A younger Stump.]]
 
===Early life===
 
===Early life===
Stump was born in [[1770s|1770]], somewhere in [[Great Britain]]<ref name="FWC"/> to at least one magical parent.<ref name="blood"/> He attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where he was [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into [[Hufflepuff]],<ref name="pottermore"/> from c. [[1780s|1781]] to [[1780s|1788]].
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Stump was born in [[1770s|1770]], somewhere in [[Great Britain]]<ref name="FWC" /> to at least one magical parent.<ref name="blood" /> He attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from c. [[1780s|1781]] to [[1780s|1788]], where he was [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into [[Hufflepuff]].<ref name="pottermore" />
   
 
===As Minister for Magic===
 
===As Minister for Magic===
In [[1810s|1811]], Stump began his duties as a [[Minister for Magic]]. He was a very popular Minister for Magic, a passionate [[Tutshill Tornados]] fan, and established the [[Department of Magical Games and Sports]]. Stump particularly addressed the nomenclature of [[being]]s and [[beast]]s. He decreed that a being was "''any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws''", and by doing so, he settled a debate that had been going on in the wizarding world since the fourteenth century. Stump created the three divisions of the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]]: [[Being Division|Being]], [[Beast Division|Beast]], as well as later [[Spirit Division]]s.<ref name="FB">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]''</ref>
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In [[1810s|1811]],<ref name="WOMBAT">Sixth question of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] at ''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]''</ref><ref name="PMministers">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book5/chapter7/moment1/ministers-for-magic New from J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic"]</ref> at age 41, Stump began his duties as a [[Minister for Magic]]. Stump particularly addressed the nomenclature of [[being]]s and [[beast]]s. He decreed that a being was "''any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws''", and by doing so, he settled a debate that had been going on in the wizarding world since the fourteenth century. Stump created the three divisions of the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]]: [[Being Division|Being]], [[Beast Division|Beast]], as well as later [[Spirit Division]]s.<ref name="FB">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]''</ref>
   
It is likely <ref>Of all the possible answers for question 6-2 of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] this seems to be the more likely: the ghosts were also initially put in the Being category but successfully "asserted" the need for a Spirit Division. The ghost demonstrations seem to fit with them being "assertive".</ref> that during Stump's tenure in office there were ghost demonstrations at the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] (or "[[protest floats]]"), which caused Stump to create the aforementioned [[Spirit Division]].<ref name="WOMBAT"></ref> Stump's term eventually ended in [[1810s|1819]].
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It is likely <ref>Of all the possible answers for question 6-2 of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] this seems to be the more likely: the ghosts were also initially put in the Being category but successfully "asserted" the need for a Spirit Division. The ghost demonstrations seem to fit with them being "assertive".</ref> that during Stump's tenure in office there were ghost demonstrations at the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] (or "[[protest floats]]"), which caused Stump to create the aforementioned [[Spirit Division]].<ref name="WOMBAT" />
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A passionate [[Quidditch]] fan, supporting the [[Tutshill Tornados]], Minister Stump also was responsible for establishing the [[Department of Magical Games and Sports]].<ref name="PMministers" />
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Stump's term eventually ended in [[1810s|1819]], and he was succeeded by [[Josephina Flint]].<ref name="PMministers" />
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
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" [A being is] any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws."
— Grogan Stump.[src]

Minister Grogan Stump (1770-1884) was Minister for Magic from 1811 to 1819 and was very popular in the job. His legacy includes the creation of the Being, Beast and Spirit Divisions of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and the establishment of the Department of Magical Games and Sports. He was elected Minister by the Wizarding population in Great Britain and Ireland at least twice.

Biography

Grogan Stump

A younger Stump.

Early life

Stump was born in 1770, somewhere in Great Britain[4] to at least one magical parent.[2] He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from c. 1781 to 1788, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff.[5]

As Minister for Magic

In 1811,[6][7] at age 41, Stump began his duties as a Minister for Magic. Stump particularly addressed the nomenclature of beings and beasts. He decreed that a being was "any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws", and by doing so, he settled a debate that had been going on in the wizarding world since the fourteenth century. Stump created the three divisions of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures: Being, Beast, as well as later Spirit Divisions.[8]

It is likely [9] that during Stump's tenure in office there were ghost demonstrations at the Ministry of Magic (or "protest floats"), which caused Stump to create the aforementioned Spirit Division.[6]

A passionate Quidditch fan, supporting the Tutshill Tornados, Minister Stump also was responsible for establishing the Department of Magical Games and Sports.[7]

Stump's term eventually ended in 1819, and he was succeeded by Josephina Flint.[7]

Behind the scenes

  • Grogan Stump's likeness, as featured on his Wizard of the Month entry, bears some (presumably coincidental) resemblance to current President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Interestingly, J.K. Rowling did live there in the early 1990s, at a time when Cavaco Silva was the Prime Minister. Rowling has previously stated that Salazar Slytherin's first name was derived from António de Oliveira Salazar, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, ruling a fascist dictatorship. 

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. [1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 According to Pottermore, Nobby Leach (Minister for Magic between 1962 and 1968) was the first Muggle-born wizard ever to be appointed to the office)
  3. Wizard of the Month
  4. 4.0 4.1 Stump's Chocolate Frog Card in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sixth question of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic"
  8. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)
  9. Of all the possible answers for question 6-2 of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. this seems to be the more likely: the ghosts were also initially put in the Being category but successfully "asserted" the need for a Spirit Division. The ghost demonstrations seem to fit with them being "assertive".


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