Biography of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney 1744-1811
Paternal Family Tree: Marsham
On 28 Nov 1724 [his grandfather] Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney (age 39) died. His son [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baron Romney, 6th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent.
Before 28 Sep 1744 [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 32) and [his mother] Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney were married. She by marriage Baroness Romney.
On 28 Sep 1744 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney was born to Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 32) and Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney.
In 1763 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 18) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1766 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 21) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1768 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 23) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1774 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 29) was elected MP Kent.
On 30 Aug 1776 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 31) and Frances Wyndham Countess Romney (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 50).
On 22 Nov 1777 [his son] Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Wyndham Countess Romney (age 22).
On 25 Oct 1778 [his daughter] Frances Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 34) and [his wife] Frances Wyndham Countess Romney (age 23).
Before 30 Aug 1786 [his brother-in-law] William Frederick Wyndham (age 23) and Frances Mary Harford (age 27) were married. He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 60). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16 Nov 1793 [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 81) died. His son Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his wife] Frances Wyndham Countess Romney (age 38) by marriage Baroness Romney.
On 15 Jan 1795 [his wife] Frances Wyndham Countess Romney (age 39) died.
In 1797 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 52) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Kent.
In 1799 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 54) entertained when the King reviewed about six thousand of the Kentish Volunteers at The Mote, Maidstone.
In 1801 [his former brother-in-law] Charles William Wyndham (age 40) and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (age 29) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 65) and Frances Twysden (age 47). He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.
The London Gazette 15375. Whitehall, June 15, 1801.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable William Lord Craven (age 30), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berks, and Earl of Craven in the County of York. [Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 16) by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire].
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George Lord Onslow (age 69), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Title of Viscount Cranley, of Cranley, in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow, in the County of Salop. [Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow (age 70) by marriage Countess Onslow.]
The King has also been pleased to grant the said Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Romney (age 56), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Marsham of the Mote, in the County of Kent, and 1st Earl of Romney. [[his former wife] Frances Wyndham Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of tlie United Kingdom of Great Biitain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Pelham (age 73), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by tbe Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Chichester. [Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 66) by marriage Countess Chichester.]
The King has likewise been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton (age 51), and the Heirs Male, of his body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles of Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle, in the County of Hereford, with Remainders to Thomas Grosvenor, Esq; Second Son, Robert Grosvenor, Esq. Third Son of the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor (age 34), (commonly called Viscount Belgrave), by Eleanor (age 30) his Wife, Daughter of the said Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton (age 51), and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixths Seventh, and every other Son and Sons, of the said Eleanor by her present or any future Husband, hereafter to be begotten severally and successively, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten. [Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton (age 48) by marriage Countess Wilton.]
On 17 Aug 1805 [his son-in-law] John Buchanan Riddell (age 37) and [his daughter] Frances Marsham (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 60) and Frances Wyndham Countess Romney.
On 09 Sep 1806 [his son] Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney were married. He the son of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 61) and Frances Wyndham Countess Romney.
On 01 Mar 1811 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 66) died. His son [his son] Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Romney, 2nd Viscount Marsham, 4th Baron Romney, 8th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Marsham 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Marsham 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hammond of St Albans Court in Nonington, Kent
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham
GrandFather: Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bosvile of Little Motte, Eynsford, Kent
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bosvile
Father: Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Cloudesley Shovell
GrandMother: Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney
Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney
GrandFather: Charles Pym
Mother: Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney