Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney

Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (7 March 1841 – 21 August 1905), styled Viscount Marsham from 1845 to 1874, was a British Conservative politician.

Early life

Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney and his wife Lady Margaret Harriet Montagu-Scott, daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.

His ancestors came from the parish of Marsham, Norfolk, in the 12th century.[1]

Career

He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1874.[2]

He served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1889 to 1892 in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury.

Personal life

Photograph of Lady Romney

On 30 July 1863. Romney married Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings (1844–1910), a daughter of George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings and Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey of Ruthyn.[3] Together, they had five children:[4]

Lord Romney died in August 1905, aged 64, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Charles. Lady Romney died on 1 September 1910, aged 66.[2]

Notes

  1. Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872), extract for Marsham online at visionofbritain.org.uk, accessed 24 January 2009
  2. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990),
  3. The Peerage.com, entry for Lady Frances Rawdon-Hastings
  4. The Peerage.com, entry for 4th Earl of Romney
  5. The Peerage.com, entry for Reginald Marsham
  6. The Peerage.com, entry for Lady Florence Marsham
  7. Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register

References

  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  • Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
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