sentences:  Grimston was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans in the 1885 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the Commons at 1892 election.In 1895 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.Lord Verulam married Margaret Frances Graham, daughter of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham of Netherby, 3rd Baronet, and wife Lady Jane Hermione Seymour (daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset, and wife Jane Georgiana Sheridan), and widow of Alexander Aeneas Mackintosh, in 1878.