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Biography of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney 1744-1811

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Before 28th September 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 28th September 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 30th August 1776 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 31) and Frances Wyndham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 50).

On 22nd November 1777 [his son] Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Wyndham (age 22).

On 25th October 1778 [his daughter] Frances Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 34) and [his wife] Frances Wyndham (age 23).

On 16th November 1793 [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 81) died. His son Charles (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his wife] Frances Wyndham (age 38) by marriage Baroness Romney.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 15th January 1795 [his wife] Frances Wyndham (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.

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.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of the 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 the 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, 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.]

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On 17th August 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 [his former wife] Frances Wyndham.

On 9th September 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 [his former wife] Frances Wyndham.

On 1st March 1811 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 66) died. His son [his son] Charles (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.

Ancestors of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney 1744-1811

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