James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam
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 1895.
Biography
Grimston was the eldest son of
Grimston was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans in the 1885 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the Commons at 1892 election.[2]
In 1895 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Marriage and issue
Lord Verulam married
- Lady Helen Grimston (1879–1947)
- James Walter Grimston, 4th Earl of Verulam (1880–1949)
- Lady Hermione Grimston (1881–1924)
- Aline Grimston (1883–?)
- Elizabeth Grimston (1885–?)
- Lady Sibyl Grimston (1887–1968); married to Major The Hon. Alastair Thomas Joseph Fraser, son of Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and wife Alice Mary Weld-Blundell[3]
- 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 Rose Leslie is a matrilineal great-great-granddaughter of Verulam, through his second-youngest daughter.[4]
Notes
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "A military marriage: LADY SIBYL FRASER (née Grimston), ALASTAIR FRASER". The Sketch. 89. Ingram Brothers. 1915.
- ^ "'Juego de Tronos': Descubrimos los orígenes aristocráticos de Rose Leslie ante su boda con Kit Harington" (in Spanish). Antena 3. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]