Romilly (surname)

Romilly is a surname, and may refer to: *

Edward Romilly Edward Romilly (19 April 1804, London – 12 October 1870, Porthkerry, Glamorgan) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831, and a Member of Parliament from 1832 to 1835. He was a Cambridge Apostle. Life E ...

(1804–1870), an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831, and a Member of Parliament from 1832 to 1835 *

Esmond Romilly } Esmond Marcus David Romilly (10 June 1918 – 30 November 1941) was a British socialist, anti-fascist, and journalist, who was in turn a schoolboy rebel, a veteran with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and, following ...

(1918–1941), British socialist and anti-fascist, married to one of the Mitford sisters *

Frederick Romilly Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Romilly (21 March 1810 – 6 April 1887), was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1850 to 1852 and a cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Romilly was a younger son of Si ...

(1810–1887), a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1850 to 1852 and a cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) *

Giles Romilly Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (19 September 1916 – 2 August 1967) was a communist journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and nephew of Winston Churchill through his wife Clementine Churchill. Romilly was educated at Well ...

(1916–1967), British journalist, Nazi POW, Esmond's brother * Hugh Hastings Romilly (1856–1892), a British explorer in the Pacific, son of Frederick Romilly *

Jean Romilly Jean Romilly (27 June 1714 – 16 February 1796) was an 18th-century Republic and Canton of Geneva#History, Genevan watchmaker, journalist and Encyclopédistes, encyclopédiste. Born in a family which took refuge in Geneva following the Edict of ...

(1714–1796),

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watchmaker, journalist and encyclopédiste *

Jean-Edme Romilly Jean-Edme Romilly (1739 or 1740 in Geneva – 29 October 1779) was an 18th-century Genevan theologian and encyclopédiste. Biography The son of the watchmaker, journalist and encyclopedist Jean Romilly, whom he predeceased, his mother was Eli ...

(1739 or 40–1779),

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and encyclopédiste, son of Jean Romilly *

Jacqueline de Romilly Jacqueline Worms de Romilly (; née David, Greek: Ζακλίν ντε Ρομιγύ, 26 March 1913 – 18 December 2010) was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, an ...

(born 1913), French philologist *

John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly PC (20 January 1802 – 23 December 1874), known as Sir John Romilly between 1848 and 1866, was an English Whig politician and judge. He served in Lord John Russell's first administration as Solicitor-Genera ...

(1802–1874), English judge *

Joseph Romilly Joseph Romilly (1791–1864) was an English academic administrator, known as a diarist. Life He was son of Thomas Peter Romilly of London, by his cousin Jane Anne, second daughter of Isaac Romilly, who was uncle of Sir Samuel Romilly. He entered ...

(1791–1864), English academic administrator *

Samuel Romilly Sir Samuel Romilly (1 March 1757 – 2 November 1818), was a British lawyer, politician and legal reformer. From a background in the commercial world, he became well-connected, and rose to public office and a prominent position in Parliament. A ...

(1757–1818), English legal reformer, MP for Westminster {{surname, name=Romilly