Baron Verulam
Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain
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The title
Baron Verulam
was created in two separate and unrelated instances:
First as
Baron Verulam
, of
Verulam
,
[
1
]
in the
Peerage of England
. It was firstly created for the English philosopher and statesman
Sir Francis Bacon
(who was also later created
Viscount
St Albans).
Secondly as
Baron Verulam
, of
Gorhambury
in the
County of Hertford
in the
Peerage of Great Britain
. It was created for
James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston
(whose viscountcy was in the
Peerage of Ireland
).
^
After the ancient
Roman
settlement of
Verulamium
, close to
St Albans
in
Hertfordshire