Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney

Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (born 1948, of Gayton Hall), 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.

He was educated at Eton and became a land agent and farmer.

In 2007, Lord Romney served as High Sheriff of Norfolk.

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:

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

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.

Marquesses Townshend, Earls of Romney, and Baronets of Cuckston

Shirley Baronet of Staunton Harold in the County of Leicester, 1611 {{{Cuc}}} 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, 1st 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, 2nd 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, 3rd 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, 4th 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, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 5th Baron Townshend, Baron Compton John Townshend 1757–1783 John Townshend 1764–1831 2nd Viscount Sydney Charles Marsham 1744–1811 1st Earl of Romney, 1st Viscount Marsham, 3rd Baron Romney George Townshend 1778–1885 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 6th Baron Townshend, Baron Compton John Townshend 1798–1863 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townshend, 7th Baron Townshend Mary Elizabeth Marsham 1794–1847 Charles Marsham 1777–1845 2nd Earl of Romney, 2nd 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, 3rd Viscount Marsham, 5th Baron Romney Earldom of Sydney extinct, 1890 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 1831–1899 5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townshend, 8th Baron Townshend Charles Marsham 1841–1905 4th Earl of Romney, 4th Viscount Marsham, 6th Baron Romney John James Dudley Stuart Townshend 1866–1921 6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townshend, 9th Baron Townshend Charles Marsham 1864–1933 5th Earl of Romney, 5th 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, 10th Baron Townshend Charles Marsham 1892–1975 6th Earl of Romney, 6th Viscount Marsham, 8th Baron Romney Michael Marsham 1910–2004 7th Earl of Romney, 7th Viscount Marsham, 9th Baron Romney Peter William Marsham 1913–1970 Charles George Townshend b. 1945 8th Marquess Townshend, 11th Viscount Townshend, 11th Baron Townshend Julian Marsham b. 1948 8th Earl of Romney, 8th 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 Marquessate Townshend Heir apparent to the Earldom of Romney Rafe Thomas Townshend b. 2014 James Julian Marsham b. 2014