James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (9 May 1747 – 30 December 1808) was a British peer, born the heir to his Irish peerage, and Member of Parliament whose service in Parliament for seven years led to his, and his male descendants', ennoblement into the

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. Grimston was the son of

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, and Mary Bucknall. He was educated at Eton and

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. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1773 but as this was an

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it did not entitle him to a seat in the

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. He was instead elected to the

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for

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in 1783, a seat he held until the next year's election, where he instead stood for and represented the larger, county-level seat of

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from 1784 to 1790. In 1790 he was created Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford, in the

, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. Lord Grimston married Harriot Walter (1756–1786), daughter of Edward Walter of Bury Hill, Westcott, Surrey and Harriot Forrester, daughter of George Forrester, 5th Lord Forrester. He died in December 1808, aged 61, and was succeeded in his titles by his son

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, who was created Earl of Verulam in 1815.

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimston, James Grimston, 3rd Viscount 1747 births 1808 deaths Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Great Britain created by George III Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Hertfordshire Hereditary peers elected to the House of Commons British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge