Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney

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

Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney
Personal details
Born(1841-03-07)7 March 1841
Died21 August 1905(1905-08-21) (aged 64)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Frances Rawdon-Hastings
(m. 1863)
Children5
Parent
RelativesMichael Marsham (grandson)
Charles Marsham (grandfather)
Sophia Pitt (grandmother)
Charles Montagu-Scott (grandfather)

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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  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. ^ a b Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990), [page needed]
  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

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  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  • Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Romney
1874–1905
Succeeded by
Charles Marsham