Earl of Verulam is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for James Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston. He was made Viscount Grimston at the same time. Verulam had previously represented St Albans in the House of Commons. In 1808 he had also succeeded his maternal cousin as tenth Lord Forrester. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a Tory politician and held minor office in the first two governments of the Earl of Derby. His son, the third Earl, represented St Albans in Parliament as a Conservative. His grandson, the sixth Earl was nominated to the traditionally safe seat of St Albans for the party. As of 2017 the titles are held by his son, the seventh Earl, who succeeded in 1973.
Baron Grimston of Westbury, of Westbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for the Conservative politician and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Robert Grimston, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet in 1952. Grimston was the son of Reverend Canon the Hon. Robert Grimston, third son of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam. As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
Essex was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire, to the House of Commons. It was divided into two single member constituencies in the Great Reform Act.
Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, is a ruined Elizabethan mansion, a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. It was built in 1563–68 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and was visited a number of times by Queen Elizabeth. It is a Grade I listed building.
William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston, of Gorhambury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1734.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Grimston, once in the Baronetage of England and once in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.
Sir John Legard, 1st Baronet, of Ganton in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.
Bradfield Heath is a village in Essex, England. It is located in between the A120 road and the B1352 road.
The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.
Henry Lee of Dungeon, Canterbury was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1685 and 1715.
Harbottle Grimston may refer to:
Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1676.
Sir James Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1698 and to 1705.
Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, was a politician.
Sir Capel Luckyn, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1647 and 1679.
Edward Grimston, of Rishangles, Suffolk, was an English politician and comptroller of Calais.
Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe (1632–1674) was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He was born to Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe by his second wife Elizabeth Cockayne, the daughter of Sir William Cockayne, who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1619.
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