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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Earl of Yarmouth is a title that has been created three times in British history, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Richard Meade (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    Marsham, daughter of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney, at St Nicholas' Church in Gayton, Norfolk. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince...
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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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    4th Earl of Romney in 1879 who later bought it and the surrounding estate in 1891. It has been passed down the Romney family and remains the seat of the...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Frances Marsham, Lady Romney
    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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    Earl of Middlesex was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1622 for Lionel Cranfield, 1st Baron Cranfield...
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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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    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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  • Earl of Dorset is a title that has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. Some of its holders have at various times also held the...
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    2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney officially began on June 2, 2011, when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney formally announced his candidacy...
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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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    of Norfolk took a great interest in Henry FitzRoy when he was older, in 1519 he was still the heir to the Dukedom of Norfolk, and styled the Earl of Surrey...
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