Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury
- Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury
Robert Villiers Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury (8 June 1897 – 8 December 1979) was a British Conservative politician.
The eldest son of the Rev. and Hon. Robert Grimston, Canon of St Albans, and grandson of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam, Grimston was educated at Repton School, the City and Guilds Engineering College, and the University of London.During World War I, he was commissioned RGA (6th Howitzers) in 1916 and served in Thessaloniki and Palestine from 1916–1919.
Grimston was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Westbury, Wiltshire in 1931, holding the seat until 1964. He served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury and Assistant Whip (unpaid) in 1937, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1938–1939, Treasurer of the Household from 1939–1942. He then held junior ministerial office as Assistant Postmaster-General from 1942–1945 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in 1945.
He was later Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means from 1962–1964, and was a member of the UK Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1960.
Grimston was made a Baronet in 1952 and created Baron Grimston of Westbury in 1964.
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