Earl of Romney (pronounced "Rumney") is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier...
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Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (March 1641 – 8 April 1704) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance...
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Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (born 1948, of Gayton Hall), is an English peer. Lord Romney is the son of Colonel Peter William Marsham (only son of Dame Joan...
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Earl of Romney (28 September 1744 – 1 March 1811), known as The Lord Romney between 1793 and 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons...
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Baron Sydney (category Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland)
to a viscountcy and granted to Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (younger brother of the 3rd Earl of Leicester). The second creation came in 1768 when...
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Michael Henry Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney (22 November 1910 – 5 June 2004), was a British hereditary peer who served in the House of Lords. Michael Henry Marsham...
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Earl of Leicester is a title that has been created seven times. The first title was granted during the 12th century in the Peerage of England. The current...
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Look up Romney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Romney may refer to: Romney (surname), including a list of people with the name Romney family, a family...
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Marquess Townshend (redirect from Viscount Townshend of Raynham)
2nd Marquess Townshend, 1st Earl of Leicester (1753–1811) George Ferrars Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1778–1855) John Townshend...
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of Sunderland. Philip (1619–1697), the 3rd Earl, married Lady Catherine Cecil. Henry, created Earl of Romney, died unmarried and without issue. Algernon...
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This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant...
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Viscount Sydney (category Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of England)
Baron Sydney to Viscount Sydney, of Sheppey, in the Peerage of England. On 14 May 1694, he was also created Earl of Romney but his titles became extinct...
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George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman...
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Countess of Romney (c.1800 – 25 December 1847), formerly the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend, was the second wife of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney. She...
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New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour...
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Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney, and Sophia, daughter of William Morton Pitt. Romney was returned to Parliament as one of two...
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to hold the title that year. His other titles were Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester and Duke of Aquitaine. A contemporary record notes that in 1399, Henry...
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Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland 1700–1702: Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 1702–1711: Sarah Churchill, Countess of Marlborough (later Duchess of Marlborough)...
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and MCC Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney (1744–1811), British peer and politician Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (1777–1845), British peer and...
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(1619–1697), the 3rd Earl; married Lady Catherine Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney (1641–1704); died...
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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG, PC (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession...
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Countess of Romney is the title given to the wife of the Earl of Romney. It has been held by several women, including: Sophia Marsham, Countess of Romney (died...
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2nd Earl of Romney (22 November 1777 – 29 March 1845), styled Viscount Marsham between 1801 and 1811, was a British peer and politician. Romney was the...
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Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (7 March 1841 – 21 August 1905), styled Viscount Marsham from 1845 to 1874, was a British Conservative politician. Romney was the...
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Schomberg, General of His Majesties Forces, Master of the Ordnance, and one of the Lords of His Privy Council, a Baron, Earl, Marquis and Duke of this Kingdom...
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Romney (1808–1874) Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (1841–1905) Michael Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney (1910–2004) Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney...
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Lady Romney (9 July 1755 – 15 January 1795), formerly Lady Frances Wyndham, was the wife of British politician Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney. Although...
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descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses...
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Grenadier Guards (redirect from 1st Regiment of Foot Guards)
The Earl of Romney PC 1690–1693: Lieutenant General His Grace The Duke of Schomberg 1693–1704: Lieutenant General The Rt Hon. The Earl of Romney PC 1704–1712:...
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Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, her husband's uncle, but this is considered unlikely owing to her husband's obvious approval of their friendship. John...
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