The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston (2 April 1812 – 4 May 1881) was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.
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Early life
Grimston was born on 2 April 1812 at Mayfair, London. He was the second son of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson (a daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool). Three of his brothers James, Robert and Francis all played, as did his son Walter and his nephew Lord Hyde.
Grimston played in 30 matches between 1832 and 1849, mainly for Oxford University and MCC. He was a right-handed batsman and an underarm medium pace bowler.
Career
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.