Alfred Jodrell
Sir Alfred Jodrell, 4th Baronet (1847-1929) was the fourth and last of the Jodrell Baronets, assuming the title in 1882.
The title became extinct on his death.
Jodrell married Jane Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam.
He founded The Shell Museum in Glanford, near his Norfolk home at Bayfield Hall, to house his collection accumulated over six decades.
He was a noted public benefactor, restoring old churches, such as St Nicholas, Blakeney, sending provisions to the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, and rebuilding and administering his estates and other local buildings, such as the watermill.
He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1887.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont
Sir William de Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont( April 1438 – 19 December 1507) was a soldier and landowner who was a leading supporter of the Lancastrian faction during the Wars of the Roses.
He was the son of John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Phelip.
He was born at Edenham, Lincolnshire.
Although his exact date of birth is not recorded, parish records show the date of his baptism as 23 April 1438.
William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston
William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston (31 December 1684 – 15 October 1756), of Gorhambury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1734.
Grimston was born as William Luckyn, the younger son of Sir William Luckyn, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Sherrington.
In 1700 he succeeded to the estates, including Gorhambury near St Albans, of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, of Bradfield, and assumed the surname of Grimston in lieu of Luckyn.
In 1705 he published a play 'The Lawyer’s Fortune or Love in a Hollow Tree'.
He married Jean Cooke, daughter of James Cooke, on 14 August 1706.
Grimston was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for St Albans in the 1710 general election and was elected in a contest in 1713.
His fortunes at the constituency were affected by the competitive ambitions of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough who also had an interest.
Although he won the seat in 1715 he was defeated in 1722.
In 1719 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Dunboyne and Viscount Grimston.
As these were Irish peerages they did not prohibit Grimston from sitting in the British House of Commons.
He regained the seat at St Albans in 1727 but lost it again in 1734.
In 1737 he succeeded his elder brother Sir Harbottle Luckyn as fifth Baronet.
His feud with the duchess continued until her death as they each tried to prevent the return of each other's candidates at St Albans in subsequent elections.
Although Grimston had tried to suppress all copies of his play, in 1736 the Duchess published a version of it with disparaging notes to mock him.
Grimston died in October 1756, aged 72.
He and his wife had ten sons and three daughters.
He was succeeded in his titles by his son James.
Lady Grimston died in 1765.
James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston
James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston (9 October 1711 – 15 December 1773) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Grimston was the eldest surviving son of William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston, and Jean Cooke.
He was elected to the House of Commons for St Albans in 1754, a seat he held until 1761.
In 1756 he succeeded his father in the viscountcy but as this was an Irish peerage it did not prohibit him from sitting in the House of Commons.
He also inherited Gorhambury House (now Old Gorhambury House), near St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Lord Grimston married Mary Bucknall, daughter of William Bucknall, in 1746.
He died in December 1773, aged 62, and was succeeded in his titles by his son James.
Lady Grimston died in 1778.
John Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam
John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam( born 21 April 1951), styled Viscount Grimston between 1960 and 1973, is a British peer.
Elizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St Davids
Elizabeth Frances Philipps, Viscountess St Davids( née Abney- Hastings)( 10 June 1884 – 12 December 1974) was a British peeress.
She was the second daughter and coheir of Hon. Paulyn Abney- Hastings( the second son of Charles Abney- Hastings, 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon- Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun) and his wife, Lady Maud" née" Grimston( the third daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam).
On 27 April 1916, she married John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids( created Viscount St Davids in 1918); they had two children.
James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam( 20 February 1809 – 27 July 1895), known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician.
He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Verulam in November 1845.
In 1860, The Times noted that Grimston was one of only three to hold peerages in all three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Thomas Estcourt (died 1818)
Thomas Estcourt( 27 September 1748 – 2 December 1818) of Estcourt House, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire was an English member of Parliament
He was born in 1748, the eldest surviving son of Matthew Estcourt of Cam, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Lydiah.
He was educated at St John ’s College, Oxford from 1766.
He succeeded to the Estcourt estate of a distant kinsman in 1750 and then his father before 1782.
He was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1774 – 75.
He was returned unopposed as MP for Cricklade from 20 March 1790 to 1806, promising to serve" founded on independence and guided by integrity".
He married in 1774, the Hon. Jane Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston and had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
His eldest son Thomas Grimston Estcourt also became an MP.
James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston
James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston( 9 May 1747 – 30 December 1808) was a British peer, born the heir to his Irish peerage, and Member of Parliament whose service in Parliament for seven years led to his, and his male descendants', ennoblement into the Peerage of Great Britain.
Grimston was the son of James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston, and Mary Bucknall.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1773 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.
He was instead elected to the House of Commons for St Albans in 1783, a seat he held until the next year's election, where he instead stood for and represented the larger, county level seat of Hertfordshire from 1784 to 1790.
In 1790 he was created Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords.
Lord Grimston married Harriot Walter( 1756 – 1786), daughter of Edward Walter of Bury Hill, Westcott, Surrey and Harriot Forrester, daughter of George Forrester, 5th Lord Forrester.
He died in December 1808, aged 61, and was succeeded in his titles by his son James, who was created Earl of Verulam in 1815.

Question: When is James Grimston, 2Nd Viscount Grimston's father's birthday?
Answer: 31 December 1684