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Grimston of Westbury, Baron (UK, 1964)

Creation: let. pat. 11 Dec 1964

Family name: Grimston

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Fess Sable three Rowels of six points pierced Gules in the dexter chief an Ermine Spot Sable (Grimston); 2nd,  Sable a Fess dancetty between two Leopards' Faces Or (Luckyn);  3rd,  Argent three Bugle Horns Sable stringed Gules (Forrester)

Crest:

A Stag's Head erased proper attired Or

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Stag reguardant proper attired Or;  Sinister:  a Horse reguardant Argent

Motto:

Mediocria Firma (Moderate things are stable)

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Robert Villiers [Grimston], 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury

1st son of Rev Hon Robert Grimston, Canon of St Albans (by his wife Gertrude Mary Amelia Villiers, 1st dau. of Rev Charles Villiers, Rector of Croft, co. York), 3rd son of James Walter [Grimston], 2nd Earl of Verulam

born

8 Jun 1897

mar.

24 Oct 1923 Sibyl Rose Newman (d. 1977), 1st dau. of Sir Sigmund Neumann later Newman, 1st Bt., by his wife Anna Allegra Hakim, 1st dau. of Jacques Hakim, of Alexandria, Egypt

died

8 Dec 1979

created

11 Mar 1952 Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Westbury"

11 Dec 1964 Baron Grimston of Westbury, of Westbury in the County of Wiltshire

suc. by

son

note

Treasurer of HM Household 1939-42;  Assistant Postmaster-General 1942-45;  Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1962-64

Robert Walter Sigismund [Grimston], 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury

born

14 Jun 1925

mar.

21 Jun 1949 Hon June Mary Ponsonby (b. 9 Mar 1924; d. 18 Mar 2010), 1st dau. of Hubert William [Ponsonby], 5th Baron De Mauley, by his wife Elgiva Margaret Dundas, 1st dau. of Hon Cospatrick Thomas Dundas (6th son of Lawrence [Dundas], 1st Earl of Zetland), by his wife Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 2nd dau. of Hon George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, of Milton, Peterborough, co. Northampton (3rd son of Charles William [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam] , 5th Earl Fitzwilliam), by his wife Alice Louisa Anson, 2nd dau. of Maj Gen Hon George Anson (2nd son of Thomas [Anson], 1st Viscount Anson), by his wife Hon Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester, 3rd dau. of Cecil [Forester later Weld-Forester], 1st Baron Forester

children

1. Hon Robert (Robin) John Sylvester Grimston, later 3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury

2. Maj Hon Gerald Charles Walter Grimston, heir presumptive to the Barony of Grimston of Westbury, of The Old Rectory, Finmere, co. Buckingham (b. 4 Sep 1953), mar. 10 May 1980 Katherine Evelyn Kettle, only dau. of Maj Rupert Kettle, and has issue:

1a. Edward Charles Luckyn Grimston (b. 1985)

2a. Alexander Rupert Ponsonby Grimston (b. 1989), mar. 3 Jun 2017 (Jocelyn) Octavia Wayne (b. 1987), dau. of William Wayne, of Stockwell, London, by his wife Gillian A Blyth, and has issue

1a. Lucy Katherine Elgiva Grimston (b. 1982), mar. 2006 Thomas Philip Cropper (b. 1981), son of Philip Alexander Cropper by his wife Katherine Clare Sonia Elwes, dau. of Capt Robert Valentine Elwes. of Bignells Cottage, Itchen Abbas, co. Hampshire, by his wife Sonia Sebag-Montefiore, only dau. of Lt Col Eric Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, of La Mote, Pebmarsh, co. Essex, and has issue

1. Hon Georgiana Mary Grimston (b. 7 Sep 1961), mar. 1992 Robert Pike, yst. son of Thomas Pike, and has issue

died

16 Jun 2003

suc by

son

note

Robert (Robin) John Sylvester [Grimston], 3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury

born

30 Apr 1951

mar. Jun

1984 Emily Margaret Shirley (b. 3 Nov 1957), 1st dau. of Maj John Evelyn Shirley, of Ormly Hall, Ramsay, Isle of Man, by his wife Judith Margaret Dugdale, 2nd dau. of Sir William Francis Stratford Dugdale, 1st Bt.

children

1. Hon Charlotte Elgiva Grimston (b. 23 Mar 1991)

2. Hon Philippa Margaret Grimston (b. 7 Oct 1995)

note

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Grimston of Westbury is Maj Hon Gerald Charles Walter Grimston, second son of the 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury and younger brother of the present Baron.

 Last updated 12 Apr 2020

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Titles:

3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury, of Westbury in the County of Wiltshire

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 11 Dec 1964)

3rd Baronet, styled "of Westbury"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 11 Mar 1952)

Address:

Elm Farm, Sibford Ferris, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5AA

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