Early Life
Grimond was born in St Andrews, Fife, and educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He was at university with, among others, Brian Johnson and William Douglas-Home. He received a first class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He became a barrister.
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