Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney

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Born30 July 1808

Died3 September 1874 (aged 66)

Spouse

Margaret Montagu-Scott

(m. 1832; died 1846)

Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney

Member of Parliament for Kent West
In office 1841-1845

Personal details
Born	(1808-07-30)30 July 1808
Died	3 September 1874(1874-09-03) (aged 66)
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Margaret Montagu-Scott (m. 1832; died 1846)
Children	4, including Charles and John
Parents	Charles Marsham (father) Sophia Pitt (mother)
Relatives	Charles Marsham (grandfather) Frances Wyndham (grandmother) William Morton Pitt (grandfather)

Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney (30 July 1808 – 3 September 1874), styled Viscount Marsham between 1811 and 1845, was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney, and Sophia, daughter of William Morton Pitt.

Romney was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Kent West in 1841, a seat he held until 1845 when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Marriage and children

Lord Romney married Lady Margaret Harriett Montagu-Scott, youngest daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, on 7 February 1832. They had three sons and one daughter:

Lady Harriet Marsham (born 17 July 1838, died 14 November 1886)
Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (born 7 March 1841, died 21 August 1905)
The Rev and Hon John Marsham (born 25 July 1842, died 16 September 1926)
Hon Henry Marsham (born 26 March 1845, died 1 July 1908)

Lady Romney died in London in June 1846, aged 34. Lord Romney remained a widower until his death in September 1874, aged 66. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Charles.

Marquesses Townshend, Earls of Romney, and Baronets of Cuckston

Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold, 1611

George Shirley
1559–1622
1st Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Baronet of Cuckston, 1663

Henry Shirley
1589–1633
2nd Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Robert Sidney
1595–1677
Earl of Leicester

John Marsham
1602–1685
1st Baronet of Cuckston

Earl of Romney (1st creation), 1694

Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis, 1661
Viscount Townshend of Raynham, 1682

Charles Shirley
(1623–1646)
3rd Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Robert Shirley
1629–1656
4th Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Lady Lucy Sidney
1630–1685

Henry Sydney
1641–1704
1st Earl of Romney

Horatio Townshend
1630–1687
1st Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

John Marsham
1637–1692
2nd Baronet of Cuckston

Robert Marsham
1650–1703
4th Baronet of Cuckston

Earldom extinct, 1704

Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyance terminated, 1677

Seymour Shirley
1647–1667
5th Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Robert Shirley
1650–1717
Earl Ferrers, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 7th Shirley Baronet, of Staunton Harold

Thomas Pelham
1653–1712

John Marsham
1679–1696
3rd Baronet of Cuckston

Baron Romney, 1716

Robert Shirley
1668–1669
6th Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold

Robert Shirley
1673–1699

Elizabeth Pelham
1681–1711

Charles Townshend
1674–1738
2nd Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Robert Marsham
1685–1724
1st Baron Romney, 5th Baronet of Cuckston

Elizabeth Compton
1694–1741
15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley

Charles Townshend
1700–1764
3rd Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Thomas Townshend
1701–1780

Baron Ferrers of Chartley resolved, 1749

Marquess Townshend, 1787

Baron Sydney of Chiselhurst, 1783
Viscount Sydney (2nd creation) of St Leonards, 1789

Charlotte Townshend
d. 1770
16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley, Baroness Compton

George Townshend
1724–1807
1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Thomas Townshend
1733–1800
1st Viscount Sydney

Robert Marsham
1712–1794
2nd Baron Romney

Earl of Leicester (6th creation), 1784

Earl of Romney (2nd creation) and Viscount Marsham of The Mote, 1801

George Townshend
1753–1811
2nd Marquess Townshend, 1st Earl of Leicester, 5th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Baron Compton

John Townshend
1757–1783

John Townshend
1764–1831
2nd Viscount Sydney

Charles Marsham
1744–1811
1st Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 3rd Baron Romney

George Townshend
1778–1885
3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Baron Compton

John Townshend
1798–1863
4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Mary Elizabeth Marsham
1794–1847

Charles Marsham
1777–1845
2nd Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 4th Baron Romney

Barony Ferrers of Chartley and Barony Compton in abeyance and Earldom of Leicester (6th creation) extinct, 1885

Earl Sydney of Scadbury, 1874

John Townshend
1805–1890
1st Earl Sydney, 3rd Viscount Sydney

Charles Marsham
1808–1874
3nd Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 5th Baron Romney

Earldom of Sydney extinct, 1890

John Villiers Stuart Townshend
1831–1899
5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Charles Marsham
1841–1905
4th Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 6th Baron Romney

John James Dudley Stuart Townshend
1866–1921
6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Charles Marsham
1864–1933
5th Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 7th Baron Romney

Reginald Hastings Marsham
1865–1922

Sydney Edward Marsham
1879–1952

George John Patrick Dominic Townshend
1916–2010
7th Marquess Townshend, 10th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Charles Marsham
1892–1975
6th Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 8th Baron Romney

Michael Marsham
1910–2004
7th Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 9th Baron Romney

Peter William Marsham
1913–1970

Charles George Townshend
1945–2025
8th Marquess Townshend, 11th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

Julian Marsham
b. 1948
8th Earl of Romney and Viscount Marsham, 9th Baron Romney

Thomas Charles Townshend
b. 1977
9th Marquess Townshend, 12th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend

David Charles Marsham
b. 1977
styled Viscount Marsham

Heir apparent to the Earl of Romney

Rafe Thomas Townshend
b. 2014
styled Viscount Raynham

James Julian Marsham
b. 2014

Heir apparent to the Marquess of Townshend

Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney

Marriage and children

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