John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam (born 21 April 1951), styled Viscount Grimston between 1960 and 1973, is a British peer.
Grimston is the son of John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam. He succeeded in the earldom in 1973 on the death of his father.
Until 1996, when he retired at the age of 44, he was a director of corporate finance at the merchant bank ING Barings, which had become insolvent the previous year following unauthorised trading by its head derivatives trader in Singapore.
Lord Verulam married Dione Smith in 1976. They have four children:
- James Grimston, Viscount Grimston (b. 6 January 1978)
- Hon. Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston (b. 5 November 1979)
- Hon. Sam George Grimston (b. 18 October 1983)
- Lady Flora Grimston (b. 28 September 1981)
Viscount Grimstonis is a merchant banker. On 26 July 2008 he married Lady Rosanagh Viola Alexandra Innes-Ker (born 16 January 1979) at Floors Castle on the outskirts of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Viscountess Grimston is the elder daughter of Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe and is an art appraiser with Sotheby's. They have two sons (b. 2010 and 2011).
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