Edward Grimston (St Albans MP)
# Edward Grimston (St Albans MP)

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.

## Career

### Cricket

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

### Politics

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. He was re-elected in 1837, but resigned his seat in 1841 by the procedural device of appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

### Church

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.

## Family

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.

