Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney

Profile & Legacies Summary

22^nd Nov 1777 - 29^th Mar 1845

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of 1st Earl of Romney, inherited title as 2nd Earl 1 March 1811.

Robert Marsham, Lord Romney (d. 1793) married Priscilla, daughter and sole heir of Charles Pym (d. 1740) of St Kitts. Estates valued at £19000. Their son was Charles Marsham 1st Earl of Romney (1744-1811), whose son in turn was Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (1777-1845).
The daughter of the 2nd Earl of Romney, Lady Maria Marsham, married the banker Henry Hoare in 1836. Their daughter Angelina Margaret Hoare is in the ODNB as 'missionary.

Sources

David Killingray, 'Kent and the abolition of the slave trade: a county study, 1760s-1807' pp. 112-3: sourced to marriage settlement 1724. It seems the marriage date may in fact have been 08/06/1742.
William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1866/80 Hoare, Henry; Valerie Bonham, ‘Hoare, Angelina Margaret (1843–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46307, accessed 21 April 2014].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Charles Earl of Romney

Spouse

(1) Sophia Pitt, daughter of William Morton Pitt (d. 1812); Mary Elizabeth Cholmondeley (nee Townshend) widow of George James Cholmondeley

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (1)

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