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James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam

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British peer and politician

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James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam (26 September 1775 – 17 November 1845), styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as the 4th Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and politician.

Life and career

Gorhambury House, built by his father in 1777–84

He was the son of James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston of Gorhambury House and Harriot Walter.

In 1802 he was elected to the House of Commons for St Albans, a seat he held until 1808, when he succeeded his father as fourth Viscount Grimston and second Baron Verulam and entered the House of Lords. The latter year, he also succeeded his maternal cousin as tenth Lord Forrester.

In 1815 he was created Viscount Grimston and Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He later held the honorary post of Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1823 to 1845.

Marriage and issue

In 1807, he married Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool. They had six sons and four daughters, and all of their daughters married earls:

Lord Verulam died in November 1845, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son James. Lady Verulam died in 1863.

Notes

  1. "No. 17066". The London Gazette. 30 September 1815. p. 1997.
  2. Illustrative Memoir of Charlotte, Countess of Verulam in La Belle Assemblee, London, September 1830, p. 96.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byThomas Skip Dyot Bucknall
William Stephen Poyntz
Member of Parliament for St Albans
1802–1808
With: William Stephen Poyntz 1802–1807
Joseph Thompson Halsey 1807–1808
Succeeded byJoseph Thompson Halsey
Daniel Giles
Honorary titles
Preceded byThe Marquess of Salisbury Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1823–1845
Succeeded byThe Earl of Verulam
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title Earl of Verulam
1815–1845
Succeeded byJames Walter Grimston
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded byJames Bucknall Grimston Baron Verulam
1808–1845
Succeeded byJames Walter Grimston
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded byJames Bucknall Grimston Viscount Grimston
1808–1845
Succeeded byJames Walter Grimston
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded byAnna Maria Cockburn of Ormistoun Lord Forrester
1808–1845
Succeeded byJames Walter Grimston
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