Earl of Verulam is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1815. The Earl holds several other titles, including Lord Forrester (created 1633) in the Peerage of Scotland, Baron Verulam (1790) in the Peerage of Great Britain, Viscount Grimston (1719) and Baron Dunboyne (1719) in the Peerage of Ireland, and Viscount Grimston (1815) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ...

The family seat is Gorhambury House in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...

Viscounts Grimston (1719)

• William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston (1684-1756)
• James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston (1711-1773)
• James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (1747-1808)
• James Walter Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston (1775-1845) (became Earl of Verulam in 1815)

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Earls of Verulam (1815)

• James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam (1775-1845)
• James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam (1809-1895)
• James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam (1852-1924)
• James Walter Grimston, 4th Earl of Verulam (1880-1949)
• James Brabazon Grimston, 5th Earl of Verulam (1910-1960)
• John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam (1912-1973)
• John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam (1955)

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See also

• Baron Grimston of Westbury