Dione Grimston, Countess of Verulam

Who is Dione Grimston, Countess of Verulam?

Dione Angela Grimston, Countess of Verulam, is a British artist and the present Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

The daughter of Jeremy Smith and Julia Burrell, she is maternally granddaughter of Sir Walter Burrell, 8th Baronet. She married John Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam, on 12 September 1976. Lord and Lady Verulam have four children:

James Grimston, Viscount Grimston

Hon. Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston

Hon. Sam George Grimston

Lady Flora Grimston

The Countess of Verulam served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 2002 and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire in June 2007 following the retirement of Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon. She is the first woman to hold that office. Lady Verulam has worked on churches, Cliveden Hall and Hambleton Hall, and has exhibited her paintings in London. She is the patron of Home-Start St Albans.