John Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Verulam
Earl of Verulam
Tenure15 April 1973 – present
PredecessorJohn Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam
BornJohn Duncan Grimston
(1951-04-21) 21 April 1951
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Dione Smith
IssueJames Grimston, Viscount Grimston
The Hon. Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston
Lady Flora Grimston
The Hon. Sam George Grimston
ParentsJohn 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.

Early life

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 School and Eton. 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]

Career

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.

Marriage and children

In 1976, Verulam married Dione Smith. They have four children:[1]

  • James Walter Grimston, Viscount Grimston (born 6 January 1978), heir apparent to the earldom and other titles, married Lady Rosanagh Innes-Ker, daughter of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe, in 2008
  • Hon Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston (born 5 November 1979), married Gallia McDermott in 2008
  • Lady Flora Grimston (born 28 September 1981), married Jazz pianist Peter Letanka (grandson of John Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook) in 2013
  • Hon Sam George Grimston (born 18 October 1983)

Verulam lives at Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3 (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), 2003), page 4003
  2. ^ a b "Verulam, 7th Earl of, (John Duncan Grimston) (born 21 April 1951)" in Who's Who, online edition published 1 December 2007 (subscription required)
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990)


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