Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury
Baron Grimston of Westbury | |
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| Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
| In office 30 January 1962 – 15 October 1964 | |
| Speaker | Harry Hylton-Foster |
| Preceded by | William Anstruther-Gray |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Storey |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply | |
| In office 23 May 1945 – 4 August 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | John Wilmot |
| Succeeded by | William Leonard |
| Assistant Postmaster-General | |
| In office 4 March 1942 – 23 May 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Allan Chapman |
| Succeeded by | William Anstruther-Gray |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
| In office 12 November 1939 – 4 March 1942 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Charles Waterhouse |
| Succeeded by | James Edmondson |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 19 May 1938 – 12 November 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Ronald Cross |
| Succeeded by | James Edmondson |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 19 October 1937 – 19 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Ronald Cross |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Furness |
| Member of Parliament for Westbury | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 15 October 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Long |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Walters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Villiers Grimston 8 June 1897 |
| Died | 8 December 1979 (aged 82) |
| Party | Conservative |
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| Education | Repton School |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1916–19 |
| Unit | Royal Garrison Artillery |
Robert Villiers Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury, 1st Baronet (8 June 1897 – 8 December 1979) was a British Conservative politician.
Early life and career
Grimston was the eldest son of the Rev. and Hon. Robert Grimston, Canon of St Albans, and grandson of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam. Grimston was educated at Windlesham House School and Repton School, before going on to the City and Guilds Engineering College and the University of London.
Military service
During World War I, he was commissioned into the RGA (6th Howitzers) in 1916 and served in Thessaloniki and Palestine from 1916 to 1919.
Political career
Grimston was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Westbury, Wiltshire in 1931, holding the seat until 1964. He served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury and Assistant Whip (unpaid) in 1937, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1938 to 1939, Treasurer of the Household from 1939 to 1942. He then held junior ministerial office as Assistant Postmaster-General from 1942 to 1945 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in 1945.
He was later Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means from 1962 to 1964, and was a member of the UK Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1960.
Grimston was created a Baronet on 11 March 1952[1] and was raised to the peerage being created Baron Grimston of Westbury, of Westbury in the County of Wiltshire, on 11 December 1964.[2]
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Family
Grimston's spouse was Sybil Rose Neumann. His daughter, the Hon. Rosemary Sybella Violet Grimston, married the actor Charles Edward Underdown, on the 10th. February 1953. Charles Underdown and Rosemary Grimston were sixth cousins, through their common ancestors Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Lady Charlotte Capell, according to Burke's Peerage, (Volume 2, page 1685, 107th. edition, 2003).
References
- ^ "No. 39491". The London Gazette. 14 March 1952. p. 1468.
- ^ "No. 43516". The London Gazette. 15 December 1964. p. 10659.
- ^ "Grimston of Westbury, Baron (UK, 1964)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.