The Earl of Verulam | |
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Earl of Verulam | |
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Tenure | 15 April 1973 – present |
Predecessor | John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam |
Born | John Duncan Grimston 21 April 1951 |
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Dione Smith |
Issue | James Grimston, Viscount Grimston The Hon. Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston Lady Flora Grimston The Hon. Sam George Grimston |
Parents | John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam Marjorie Ray Duncan |
John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam (born 21 April 1951), styled Viscount Grimston between 1960 and 1973, is a British peer and was a member of the House of Lords from 1974 to 1999.
Grimston was born in 1951, the only son of John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam and his wife Marjorie Ray Duncan, daughter of Walter Atholl Duncan. He was educated at West Downs, Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (MA Engineering and Economics.
In 1973, on the death of his father, he succeeded in the peerages of Earl of Verulam and Viscount Grimston (1815), Baron Forrester in the peerage of Scotland (1633), Baron Dunboyne and Viscount Grimston in the peerage of Ireland (1719), Baron Verulam (1790), and as a Baronet (1629). [1] [2]
An only son, he had four sisters, Lady Elizabeth (1939–1987), Lady Hermione Frances (1941), Lady Romayne Bryony (1946), and Lady Iona Charlotte (1953). [1]
For fourteen years until 1996 Verulam was a director of corporate finance at Barings Bank and was then Managing Director of ABN-AMRO Bank from 1996 to 2000 and a Director and Vice-Chairman of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank from 2001 to 2008. He is currently Chairman of Grimston Trust Ltd and founding partner of the Verulam Consulting group. [1] [2]
Grimston has founded two registered charities: The Friends of St Michael's Church, and The West Herts Environmental Foundation.
In 1976, Verulam married Dione Smith. They have four children: [1]
Verulam lives at Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire. [1]