Earl of Romney

Earl of Romney
2nd Creation
Arms: Argent, a Lion passant Gules, between two Bendlets Azure. Crest: A Lion’s Head erased Gules. Supporters: On either side a Lion Azure, semée of Crosses-Crosslet Or, gorged with a Naval Crown Or.
Creation date 22 June 1801
Creation Second
Monarch George III
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney
Present holder Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney
Heir apparent David Marsham, Viscount Marsham
Subsidiary titles Viscount Marsham
Baron Romney
Baronet ‘of Cuchston’
Status Extant
Seat(s) Gayton Hall
Former seat(s) Mote House
Armorial motto NON SIBI SED PATRIÆ
(For country not self)
Earl of Romney
1st Creation
Arms: Or, a Pheon Azure, a Crescent for difference. Crest: A Porcupine Azure, quilled, collared and chained Or, a Crescent for difference. Supporters: Dexter: A Lion Azure, collared and chained Or, ducally crowned per pale Argent and Gules, a Crescent for difference; Sinister: A Lion guardant Argent, ducally crowned Or, a Crescent for difference.
Creation date 8 April 1694
Creation First
Monarch William III and Mary II
Peerage Peerage of England
First holder Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Last holder Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Subsidiary titles Viscount Sydney
Baron Milton
Status Extant
Armorial motto QUO FATA VOCANT
(Whither the Fates call / Where destiny calls)"
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney

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 and politician Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron Milton and Viscount Sydney at the same time in 1689.[1] Sydney was the younger son of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. He never married and the titles became extinct on his death in 1704.

It was created for the second time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801 in favour of Charles Marsham, 3rd Baron Romney. The Marsham family descends from Sir John Marsham, one of the six Clerks of the Court of Chancery from 1638 to 1644 and from 1660 to 1680. In 1663 he was created a Baronet, of Cuckston in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of England. His grandson, the fourth Baronet (who succeeded his nephew), was also a Clerk of the Court of Chancery and represented Maidstone in the House of Commons. His son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament for Maidstone and served as Governor of Dover Castle. In 1716 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron of Romney, of Romney in the County of Kent.[2]

His grandson, the aforementioned third Baron, represented Maidstone and Kent in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent. In 1801 he was created Viscount Marsham, of The Mote in the County of Kent, and Earl of Romney, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe and Downton. His son, the third Earl, represented Kent West in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Earl, who held political office in the second Conservative government of Lord Salisbury as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1889 to 1892.

The line of his eldest son, the fifth Earl, failed on the death of the latter's son, the sixth Earl, in 1975. The late Earl was succeeded by his first cousin, the seventh Earl. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Reginald Hastings Marsham, second son of the fourth Earl. As of 2010 the titles are held by his first cousin once removed, the eighth Earl, who succeeded in 2004. He is the son of Colonel Peter William Marsham, son of the Hon. Sydney Edward Marsham, youngest son of the fourth Earl.

The family seat was at Mote House, near Maidstone, Kent, but since 1891 it has been the Gayton Hall Estate at Gayton near Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

Earls of Romney; First creation (1694)

Marsham Baronets, of Cuckston (1663)

Barons Romney (1716)

Earls of Romney; Second creation (1801) Viscount Marsham (1801)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son David Charles Marsham, Viscount Marsham (b. 1977).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No. 2443". The London Gazette. 11 April 1689. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "No. 5445". The London Gazette. 23 June 1716. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "No. 15375". The London Gazette. 13 June 1801. p. 659.

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