Background
Romney was the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney, and Priscilla, daughter of Charles Pym.
Romney was the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney, and Priscilla, daughter of Charles Pym.
Romney was returned to Parliament for Maidstone in 1768, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Kent from 1774 to 1790. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1797 to 1808. A Doric-style temple was constructed in Mote Park to commemorate the occasion.
In 1801 Lord Romney was created Viscount Marsham, of the Mote in the County of Kent, and Earl of Romney.
In 1793 Charles inherited his father"s huge sugar plantations, jointly known as "Romney"s", on the island of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. The property had been part of his father"s marriage settlement to Priscilla Pym in 1742.
Lord Romney married Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, in 1776. She died in January 1795.
In 1799 he entertained King George III at his seat Moat House, when the King reviewed about six thousand of the Kentish Volunteers.
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