The Earl of Romney | |
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High Sheriff of Norfolk | |
In office 2007 | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
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.
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]
In 1975, Romney married Catriona Ann Stewart, the daughter of Robert Christie Stewart, by whom he has two sons and one daughter: [2] [4]
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.
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