Edward Grimston (St Albans MP)

English amateur cricketer and a Conservative politician

Edward Grimston, 1861 photograph

The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston (born 2 April 1812 at Mayfair, London; died 4 May 1881 at Pebmarsh, Essex) was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.[1]

## Career

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### Cricket

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Grimston played in 30 first-class cricket matches between 1832 and 1849, mainly for Oxford University and MCC.[2][3] He was a right-handed batsman and an underarm medium pace bowler.

### Politics

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Grimston was elected at the 1835 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the borough of St Albans in Hertfordshire.[4][5] He was re-elected in 1837,[6] but resigned his seat in 1841[5] by the procedural device of appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[7]

### Church

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After resigning his parliamentary seat, Grimston took holy orders and was rector of Pebmarsh (a parish of which his father was patron) from 1841 until his death in 1881.[8]

## Family

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Grimston was the second son of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. Three of his brothers James, Robert and Francis all played first-class cricket, as did his son Walter and his nephew Lord Hyde.

## References

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1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. ^ "Player profile: Edward Grimston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
3. ^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 2–4 (1827–1854), Lillywhite, 1862
4. ^ "No. 19231". The London Gazette. 20 January 1835. p. 101.
5. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 261\. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
6. ^ "No. 19528". The London Gazette. 1 August 1837. p. 2008.
7. ^ "No. 19951". The London Gazette. 12 February 1841. p. 370.
8. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Grimston, Edward Harbottle" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker - via Wikisource.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Grimston
* Portraits of Hon. Edward Harbottle Grimston at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Sir Francis Vincent
Henry George Ward

|  Member of Parliament for St Albans
1835 – 1841
With:  Henry George Ward to 1837
George Alfred Muskett from 1837  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Listowel
George Alfred Muskett

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