Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earldom of Verulam
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Blazon
Arms:
Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, on a Fess Sable, three Rowels of six-points Or, pierced Gules, in the dexter chief point an Ermine Spot (Grimston); 2nd, Sable, a Fess dancettee, between two Leopard’s Faces Or (Luckyn); 3rd, Argent, three Bugle Horns Sable, stringed Gules (Forrester)
Crest:
A Stag’s Head erased proper, attired Or.
Supporters:
Dexter: A stag reguardant proper, attired Or; Sinister: A Griffin reguardant Or.
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Creation date
| 24 November 1815
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Created by
| The Prince Regent
(acting on behalf of his father
King George III
)
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Peerage
| Peerage of the United Kingdom
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First holder
| James Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston
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Present holder
| John Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam
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Heir apparent
| James Grimston, Viscount Grimston
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Subsidiary titles
| Viscount Grimston
(1719)
Viscount Grimston
(1815)
Lord Forrester of Corstorphine
Baron Dunboyne
Baron Verulam
Baronet ‘of Little Waltham’
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Status
| Extant
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Seat(s)
| Gorhambury House
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Motto
| MEDIOCTRIA FIRMA
(Moderate things are stable)
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The ruins of
Old Gorhambury House
, the ramshackle medieval
family seat
in England from the 1670s until the family built the new Gorhambury House
The "new"
Gorhambury House
was built by Viscount Grimston in 1777?84
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
(in the peerage of the United Kingdom) at the same time.
[1]
Verulam had previously represented
St Albans
(Roman
Verulamium
) in the
House of Commons
. In 1808 he had also succeeded his maternal cousin as tenth
Lord Forrester
(in the
Peerage of Scotland
). He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl.
Grimston 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 (who succeeded his elder brother) was nominated to the traditionally
safe seat
of
St Albans
for the party. As of 2017
[update]
the titles are held by his son, the seventh Earl, who succeeded in 1973.
The titles of
Viscount Grimston
and
Baron Dunboyne
had been created in 1719 in the
Peerage of Ireland
for William Grimston, Member of Parliament for St Albans.
[2]
Born William Luckyn, he was the great-nephew of Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, of Bradfield (a title which became extinct upon his death in 1700), whose surname he assumed on succeeding to his estates. In 1737 he also succeeded his elder brother as fifth Baronet of Little Waltham (see below). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He also represented St Albans in the House of Commons. His son, the third Viscount, was Member of Parliament for St Albans and
Hertfordshire
. In 1790 he was created
Baron Verulam
, of
Gorhambury
in the
County of Hertford
, in the
Peerage of Great Britain
.
[3]
He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fourth Viscount, who was created Earl of Verulam in 1815.
The
Luckyn Baronetcy
, of Little Waltham in the
County of Essex
, was created in the
Baronetage of England
in 1629 for William Luckyn. The second Baronet represented
Harwich
in Parliament. The fourth Baronet was succeeded by his younger brother, the aforementioned William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston.
Lord Verulam thus holds titles in England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Another member of the Grimston family was
Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury
. He was the son of Reverend Canon the Hon. Robert Grimston, third son of the second Earl of Verulam.
The family seat is
Gorhambury House
, near
St Michael
,
Hertfordshire
.
Luckyn, later Grimston baronets, of Little Waltham (1629)
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Viscounts Grimston (1719)
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Earls of Verulam (1815)
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The
heir apparent
is the present holder's son James Walter Grimston, Viscount Grimston (b. 1978)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. John Innes Archie Grimston (b. 2010).
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