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Lord Verulam
The title Baron Verulam was created in two separate and unrelated instances: *First as ''Baron Verulam'', of Verulamium, Verulam,After the ancient Roman Britain, Roman settlement of ''Verulamium'', close to St Albans in Hertfordshire in the Peerage of England. It was firstly created for the English philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon (who was also later created Viscount St Albans). *Secondly as ''Baron Verulam'', of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created for James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (whose viscountcy was in the Peerage of Ireland). Barons Verulam, first creation (1618) * Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam (1561–1626) (became Viscount St Albans in 1621) Barons Verulam, second creation (1790) * William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston (c. 1683–1756) * James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston (1711–1773) * James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston, James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Gri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verulamium
Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England. A large portion of the Roman city remains unexcavated, being now park and agricultural land, though much has been built upon. The ancient Watling Street passed through the city. Much of the site and its environs is now a scheduled monument. History Before the Romans established their settlement, there was already a tribal centre in the area which belonged to the Catuvellauni. This settlement is usually called Verlamion. The etymology is uncertain but the name has been reconstructed as *''Uerulāmion'', which would have a meaning like "he tribe or settlementof the broad hand" (''Uerulāmos'') in Brittonic.Isaac, Graham R. "Place-Names in Ptolemy's Geography: An Electronic Data Base with Etymological Analysis of the Celtic Name-elements". Aberystwyth : CMCS Publications, 2004. Computer file : CD-ROM. In this pre-Roman form, it was among the first places in Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
