sentences:  In 1802 Grimston was elected to the House of Commons for St Albans, a seat he held until 1808, when he succeeded his father as fourth Viscount Grimston and second Baron Verulam and entered the House of Lords.The latter year he also succeeded his maternal cousin as tenth Lord Forrester.In 1815 Verulam was created Viscount Grimston and Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.