Earl of Romney

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The title of Earl of Romney was first created in the Peerage of England in 1689. It became extinct in 1704, and was created again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.

The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Marsham (1801) in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Romney (1716) in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is an English baronet (1663).

The family seat is Moat House, near Maidstone, Kent.

Earls of Romney, First Creation (1689)

subsidiary titles of Viscount Sidney (1689) and Baron Milton (1689)

• Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney (1641-1704)

Barons Romney (1716)

• Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney (1685-1724)
• Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney (1712-1794)
• Charles Marsham, 3rd Baron Romney (1744-1811) (became Earl in 1801)

Earls of Romney, Second Creation (1801)

subsidiary titles of Viscount Marsham (1801) and Baron Romney (1716)

• Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney (1744-1811)
• Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (1777-1845)
• Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney (1808-1874)
• Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (1841-1905)
• Charles Marsham, 5th Earl of Romney (1864-1933)
• Charles Marsham, 6th Earl of Romney (1892-1975)
• Michael Henry Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney (1910-2004)
• Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b. 1948)

• The Heir Apparent is David Charles Marsham, Viscount Marsham (b. 1977)

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page