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Biography of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney 1777-1845

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On 30th August 1776 [his father] Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 31) and [his mother] Frances Wyndham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [his grandmother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 50).

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

In 1785 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 7) educated at Eton College [Map].

In 1793 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 15) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 15th January 1795 [his mother] Frances Wyndham (age 39) died.

In 1798 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 20) was elected MP Hythe.

In 1803 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 25) was elected MP Downton.

In 1806 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 28) was elected MP Hythe.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 9th September 1806 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 28) and Sophia Pitt Countess Romney were married. He the son of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 61) and Frances Wyndham.

On 13th July 1807 [his daughter] Sophia Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 29) and [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 30th July 1808 [his son] Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 30) and [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 9th November 1809 [his daughter] Frances Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 31) and [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 1st March 1811 [his father] Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 66) died. His son Charles (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Romney, 2nd Viscount Marsham, 4th Baron Romney, 8th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.

On 15th April 1811 [his daughter] Mary Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 33) and [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 30th August 1812 [his daughter] Charlotte Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 34) and [his wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

Before 5th November 1830 George James Cholmondeley (age 78) and [his future wife] Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney (age 30) were married. The difference in their ages was 47 years.

On 7th February 1832 [his son] Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry and Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 54) and [his former wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 8th February 1832 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 54) and Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Romney. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney and Frances Wyndham. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 4th August 1832 [his brother-in-law] John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney (age 26) and Emily Paget Countess Sydney (age 22) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 64) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 51).

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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 November 1834 [his son] Robert Marsham Townshend was born to Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 56) and [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney (age 34).

In 1836 [his son-in-law] Henry Hoare of Staplehurst (age 28) and [his daughter] Mary Marsham (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 58) and [his former wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 17th April 1837 [his son-in-law] Peter Richard Hoare (age 33) and [his daughter] Sophia Marsham (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 59) and [his former wife] Sophia Pitt Countess Romney.

On 29th March 1845 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 67) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Romney, 3rd Viscount Marsham, 5th Baron Romney, 9th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney (age 33) by marriage Countess Romney.

On 25th December 1847 [his former wife] Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney (age 47) died.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney 1777-1845

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney 1777-1845

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Marsham 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Marsham 4th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hammond of St Albans Court in Nonington, Kent

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bosvile of Little Motte, Eynsford, Kent

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bosvile

GrandFather: Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Cloudesley Shovell

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney

Father: Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Pym

GrandMother: Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney

Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wyndham of Orchard 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wyndham 1st Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Hungerford 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Jones

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Wyche

GrandFather: Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Frances Wyndham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Warncombe Carpenter

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary King 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore

GrandMother: Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: David Petty

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter