James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam (11 May 1852 – 11 November 1924), known as Viscount Grimston from 1852 to 1895, was a British

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1892. He inherited his

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in 1895.

Biography

Grimston was the eldest son of

James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam (20 February 1809 – 27 July 1895), known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, a ...

, and wife Elizabeth Joanna Weyland. He was educated at

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and became a lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards. He became J.P. for

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and captain in the Hertfordshire Yeoman Cavalry. Grimston was elected as the

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(MP) for

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in the 1885 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the Commons at 1892 election. In 1895 he succeeded his father in the

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and entered the

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Marriage and issue

Lord Verulam married

Margaret Frances Graham James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam (11 May 1852 – 11 November 1924), known as Viscount Grimston from 1852 to 1895, was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. He inherited his peerage in ...

, daughter of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham of Netherby, 3rd Baronet, and wife Lady Jane Hermione Seymour (daughter of

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, and wife Jane Georgiana Sheridan), and widow of Alexander Aeneas Mackintosh, in 1878. They had six daughters and one son: *Lady Helen Grimston (1879–1947) *

James Walter Grimston, 4th Earl of Verulam James Walter Grimston, 4th Earl of Verulam (17 April 1880 – 29 November 1949) was a British peer, electrical engineer and businessman, sometimes identified with the fringes of the intelligence service. Verulam was the son of James Grimston, 3rd ...

(1880–1949) *Lady Hermione Grimston (1881–1924) *Aline Grimston (1883–?) *Elizabeth Grimston (1885–?) *Lady Sibyl Grimston (1887–1968); married to

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The Hon. Alastair Thomas Joseph Fraser, son of

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, and wife Alice Mary Weld-Blundell *Lady Vera Grimston (1890–1970) Lord Verulam died in November 1924, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his son James. Lady Verulam died in 1927.

Descendants

Scottish actress

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is a matrilineal great-great-granddaughter of Verulam, through his second-youngest daughter.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verulam, James Grimston, 3rd Earl of 1852 births 1924 deaths 3

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