Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney
Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (22 November 1777[1] – 29 March 1845), styled Viscount Marsham between 1801 and 1811, was a British peer and politician.
Biography
Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney, and Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont.[2]
Romney was Member of Parliament for Hythe from 1798 to 1802 and from 1806 to 1807[2] and for Downton from 1803 to 1806. In 1811 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Marriages & children
Lord Romney was twice married[3]. On 9 September 1806 he married Sophia Pitt, daughter of William Morton Pitt.[1] They had one son and four daughters:
- Lady Sophia Marsham (born 13 July 1807, died 4 January 1863)
- Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney (born 30 July 1808, died 3 September 1874)
- Lady Frances Marsham (born 9 November 1809, died 29 December 1901), married Major-General E C Fletcher (died 1877).[4]
- Lady Mary Marsham (born 15 April 1811, died 23 February 1871)
- Lady Charlotte Marsham (born 30 August 1812, died 18 November 1879)
Lady Romney died in September 1812, shortly after the birth of her youngest child.
On 8 February 1832 Lord Romney married secondly the Hon Mary Elizabeth Townshend,[1] daughter of John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney and widow of George James Cholmondeley. They had one son:
- Hon Robert Marsham-Townshend (born 15 November 1834, died 11 December 1914)
Lord Romney died in March 1845, aged 67, and was succeeded by his only son from his first marriage, Charles.[5] Lady Romney died in December 1847.
References
- ^ a b c Lodge Edmund (1844). The peerage of the British empire as at present existing. To which is added the baronetage. p. 448.
- ^ a b Arthur Collins (1812). Collins's Peerage of England: Contains the earls from the accession of George III. F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Company ... [and 26 others]. p. 487.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ The Peerage.com, entry for 2nd Earl of Romney
- ^ "Obituary". The Times. No. 36652. London. 31 December 1901. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1860. p. 856.