Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney
Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney, styled Viscount Marsham from 1845 to 1874, was a British Conservative politician.
Early life
Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney and his wife Lady Margaret Harriet Montagu-Scott, daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.His ancestors came from the parish of Marsham, Norfolk, in the 12th century.
Career
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1874.He served as a Lord-in-waiting from 1889 to 1892 in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury.
Personal life
On 30 July 1863, Romney married Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings, a daughter of George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings and Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey of Ruthyn. Together, they had five children:- Charles Marsham, 5th Earl of Romney, father of Charles Marsham, 6th Earl of Romney.
- Lt Col the Hon Reginald Hastings Marsham, OBE, father of Michael Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney
- Lady Florence Mary Constance Marsham, who married Sir George Ralph Leigh Hare, 3rd Bt and had issue including Sir Ralph Leigh Hare, 4th Bt.
- Lt the Hon Douglas Henry Marsham, who was killed in action at the Siege of Mafeking; he died unmarried. There is a memorial tablet in St Nicholas' Church, Gayton, Norfolk.
- Hon Sydney Edward Marsham, husband of Joan Marsham and grandfather of Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney