Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney

The Right Honourable The Earl of Romney
High Sheriff of Norfolk
In office 2007
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 76–77)
Spouse	Catriona Stewart ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	3
Relatives	Joan Marsham (grandmother) Charles Marsham (grandfather)

Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (born 1948, of Gayton Hall ^[1] ), is an English peer.

Biography

Lord Romney is the son of Colonel Peter William Marsham (only son of Dame Joan Marsham) and a grandson of the 4th Earl of Romney and his wife, Hersey Coke, granddaughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. ^[2]

He was educated at Eton and became a land agent and farmer. ^[3]

In 2007, Lord Romney served as High Sheriff of Norfolk. ^[2]

Marriage and children

In 1975, Romney married Catriona Ann Stewart, the daughter of Robert Christie Stewart, by whom he has two sons and one daughter: ^[2]

• Lieutenant Colonel David Charles Marsham, Viscount Marsham ^{[4] [5]} (born 18 April 1977); married Katherine F. Phillips, has issue. ^[6]
• Hon. Michael Julian Marsham (born 3 March 1979) married Hon. Lucy Harriet Beaumont, daughter of Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale. ^[7]
• Lady Laura Clare Marsham (born 18 March 1984), married James Meade, son of Olympian Richard Meade. ^[8] Lady Laura is a godmother of Prince Louis, ^[9] and James is a godfather of Princess Charlotte. ^[10]

He succeeded his first cousin once removed, Michael Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney, in the earldom and the titles Baron Romney and Viscount Marsham in 2004.

v t e   Marquesses Townshend, Earls of Romney, and Baronets of Cuckston

Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold in the County of Leicester, 1611 George Shirley 1559–1622 1st Baronet Baronet of Cuckston, 1663 Henry Shirley 1589–1633 2nd Baronet Robert Sidney 1595–1677 Earl of Leicester John Marsham 1602–1685 1st Baronet of Cuckston Earl of Romney (1st creation), 1694 Charles Shirley (1623–1646) 3rd Baronet Robert Shirley 1629–1656 4th Baronet Lady Lucy Sidney 1630–1685 Henry Sydney 1641–1704 1st Earl of Romney John Marsham 1637–1692 2nd Baronet of Cuckston Earldom extinct, 1704 Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyance terminated, 1677 Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk, 1661 Viscount Townshend of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, 1682 Seymour Shirley 1647–1667 5th Baronet Robert Shirley 1650–1717 Earl Ferrers, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 7th Shirley Baronet, of Staunton Harold Thomas Pelham 1653–1712 Horatio Townshend 1630–1687 1st Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend John Marsham 1679–1696 3rd Baronet of Cuckston Robert Shirley 1668–1669 6th Baronet Robert Shirley 1673–1699 Elizabeth Pelham 1681–1711 Charles Townshend 1674–1738 2nd Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend Robert Marsham 1650–1703 4th Baronet of Cuckston Baron Romney, 1716 Elizabeth Compton 1694–1741 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley Charles Townshend 1700–1764 3rd Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend Thomas Townshend 1701–1780 Robert Marsham 1685–1724 1st Baron Romney, 5th Baronet of Cuckston Baron Ferrers of Chartley resolved, 1749 Marquess Townshend, 1787 Baron Sydney of Chiselhurst in the County of Kent, 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 in the County of Kent, 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 in the County of Kent, 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 b. 1945 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 styled Viscount Raynham David Charles Marsham b. 1977 styled Viscount Marsham Heir apparent to the Marquess of Townshend Heir apparent to the Earl of Romney Rafe Thomas Townshend b. 2014 James Julian Marsham b. 2014

References

1. Peerage News: October 2012 Retrieved 2016-11-06.
2. Montague-Smith, Patrick W., ed. (2008). "Romney, Earl of (Marsham) (Earl UK 1801, Bt 1663)". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2008. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited.
3. Winter, Laura, ed. (2016). "Romney, Julian Charles Marsham 8 Earl of (UK 2801); Sir". Debrett's People of Today 2016. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited.
4. "No. 56465". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 2002. p. 1121.
5. "No. 60125". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 April 2014. p. 7957.
6. "Major Viscount Marsham and Miss K.F. Phillips". The Daily Telegraph . 27 December 2011.
7. "The Beaumont Family" (PDF). Allendale Estates. 2015.
8. "Prince William takes a break from fatherly duties to attend wedding with Prince Harry". The Daily Telegraph . 14 September 2013.
9. BBC News report 9 July 2018
10. connie.fisher (5 July 2015). "The Christening of Princess Charlotte: Guests and Godparents". The Royal Family. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Nigel Rudolph Savory	High Sheriff of Norfolk 2007	Succeeded by The Viscountess Knollys of Norwich
Peerage of England
Preceded by Michael Marsham	Earl of Romney 2004–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: David Marsham, Viscount Marsham