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Verulam ran second to Attila for the Derby of 1842 

 at 100 to 1 against his winning, having won two or 

 three times with him at Gorhambury previously. It 

 was the ' Gothic ' father of this first Earl who is 

 said to have destroyed Lord Bacon's old place and 

 built a new one. 



But perhaps the Grimston whose memory is most 

 cherished by sportsmen of all descriptions is Eobert, 

 fourth son of the first Earl of Verulam ; that all-round 

 sportsman who was well-known on the Turf, better in 

 the hunting-field, and best as President of the M.C.C. 

 and who died in 1884, aged sixty-seven. 



