The title Baron Verulam was created in two separate and unrelated instances: *First as ''Baron Verulam'', of Verulam,After the ancient Roman settlement of '' Verulamium'', close to

St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

. It was firstly created for the English philosopher and statesman 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 The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...

. It was created for James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (whose viscountcy was in the Peerage of Ireland).

Barons Verulam, first creation (1618)

* Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam (1561–1626) (became

Viscount St Albans Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both n ...

in 1621)

Barons Verulam, second creation (1790)

* William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston (c. 1683–1756) *

James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston (9 October 1711 – 15 December 1773) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Grimston was the eldest surviving son of William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston, and Jean Cooke. He was elected to the Hous ...

(1711–1773) *

James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (9 May 1747 – 30 December 1808) was a British peer, born the heir to his Irish peerage, and Member of Parliament whose service in Parliament for seven years led to his, and his male descendants', e ...

(1747–1808) (created Baron Verulam in 1790) * James Walter Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston (1775–1845) (created Earl of Verulam in 1815) ''See Earl of Verulam for further holders.''

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