GRIMSTON. 119 Kir Samuel Grimston, 3d and last Bart., sue. to Gorhanibury and other his large estates, took the name of Griinstou in lieu of his patronymic of Luckyn ; was M.P. for St. Albans, 1710-27, and was cr., 29 Nov. 17 19,(») BARON DUNBOYNE,' 1 ') of co, Meath, and VISCOUNT GRIMSTON [I.], taking his seat 15 July following. He on ■1 Feb. 173C, sue. his elder br., Sir Harbottle Luekyn, 4th Bart., in the Baronetcy of Luckyn, cr. 2 March 1628. He m, shortly before 1707 Jane, da. of James Cooke, Citizen of London. He d. 19 and was bur. 28 Oct. 1756, aged 73, at St. Michael's Church, itear St. Albans, Herts.( c ) Will pr. 1756. His widow, who d. 12 was bur. 20 March 1765, at St. Michael's afsd. Will pr. April 1765. II. 1756. 2. James (Grimston), Viscount Grimston, &c. [I.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., 6. 9 Oct. 1711 ; M.P. for St. Albans, 1751- 61, having sue. to the Peerage [I.] in 1756. He IB., 19 June 1746, at Watford, Herts, Mary, only sister of (whose issue in 1796 became heir to) John-Askell Bucknall, of Oxey Place, in Watford afsd,, da. of William BuciiNAlL, of Oxey Place, afsd., by Mary, only surv. issue of Michael Askell, of Gaydon, in Bishops Iiitchingdon, co, Warwick. He d. (of the gout) 15 and was bur. 31 Dec. 1773, aged 62, at St, Michael's afsd. Will pr. Jan. 1774. His widow, who was b. at Oxey afsd., 2S April 1717, was bur. 14 Aug. 1778, at St. Michael's afsd. III. 1774. -J. James Eucknall (Grimston), Viscount Grimston, and Baron Dunboyne [I.], 1st s. and h., b. 9 and bap. 23 May 1717, at Watford afsd. ; ed. at Trin. Hall, Cambridge ; M.A., 1769 ; sue. to the Peerage [I.], 1774 ; M.P. for St, Albans, 1783-84 ; for Herts, 1784-90 ; was cr. a Peer [G.B.], 8 July 1790, as BAKON VERULAM OF GORHAMBURY, co. Hertford : cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 3 July 1793. He m., 28 July 1744, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Harriot, da. and h. of Edward Walter,(' 1 ) of Stal'oridge, Dorset, by Harriet, 2d and yst. da. of (whose grandson in 1808 became heir of line to) George (Forrester), 5th Lord Forrester of Corstori'Iiine [S.] She d. 7 Nov. 17S6, and was bur. at St, Michael's afsd. Will pr. Nov. 1786. He d. at Gorhambury 30 Dec. 1808. Will pr. 1809. IV. 1808. 4 ami 1. James Walter (Grimston), Viscount Viscountcv HI K 1 Grimston, and Baron Dcneoyne [I.], also Baron- Verulamof y 1 ' J Gorhambl-ry [G.B.], and Baron Forrester ok Corstorpiiine I. 1815. [S.], only s. and h., b. 26 Sep. 1775. He sue, his cousin 3 Dec. 1S08, in the Scotch Barony of Forrester, and site, his father, a few weeks later, in the other peerages. He was cr., 24 Nov. 1815, VISCOUNT GRIMSTON and EARL OF VERULAM. See " Verulam " Earldom, cr. 1S15. See "Howden of Howden and Grimston, co. York," Earony (Caradoc), cr. 1831 ; ex. 1873. ( a ) The preamble of the patent (reciting the descent of the grantee from Sylvester de Grimston, of Grimston, Co. York, who was Standard Bearer to William the Conqueror) is given in " Lodge," vol. v, p. 197. ( b ) The Barony of Dunboyne [I.] which, in 1541, had been conferred on Edmund Butler, and which still (1891) is extant in the heir male of his body was, during the 18th century, considered to have been under forfeiture since the Revolution of 16S8, (°) He was the author of a very foolish play called " The Lawyer's Fortune," pub. in 1705, for wdiich Pope (Sat. ii, 176), calls him the " Booby Lord." It was reprinted in 1736 with the frontispiece of an ass wearing a coronet. l d ) See " Her. and Gen.," vol. viii, pp. 1—5, for a good account of this family of Walter, descendants of the wealthy Peter Walter, of Stalbridgc (grandfather of this Edward) of whom Tope writes — " What's property, dear Swift f you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter."
