Sophia Marsham, Countess Of Romney
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Sophia Marsham, Countess of Romney (died 9 September 1812), formerly Sophia Pitt, was the first wife of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney. She was the only daughter of
William Morton Pitt William Morton Pitt, FRS (16 May 1754 – 28 February 1836) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of John Pitt of Encombe House, Dorset and educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 17 ...
, MP (a relation of
William Pitt the Elder William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son ...
, and his first wife, the former Margaret Gambier. She married the future earl on 9 September 1806 when he was still known as Viscount Romney. They had one son and four daughters: *Lady Sophia Marsham (1807–1863), who married Peter Richard Hoare and had children *
Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney (30 July 1808 – 3 September 1874), styled Viscount Marsham between 1811 and 1845, was a British peer and Conservative Party politician. Biography Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romne ...
(1808–1874) *Lady Frances Marsham (1809–1901), who married Maj.-Gen. Edward Charles Fletcher and had children *Lady Mary Marsham (1811–1871), who married
Henry Hoare Henry Hoare II (1705–1785), known as Henry the Magnificent, was an English banker and garden owner-designer. Family Henry's grandfather, Richard Hoare, was a goldsmith-banker and Lord Mayor of London. His father, Henry Hoare I, bought th ...
and had children *Lady Charlotte Marsham (1812–1879), who married Reverend George William Corker and had no children The countess died at the family seat of the Mote, Kent, just over a week after the birth of her youngest child, Charlotte. However, it was not until 1832 that the earl re-married, his second wife being the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend, daughter of
John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards (21 February 1764 – 20 January 1831) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Townshend was born on 21 February 1764. He was the eldest son of twelve children born to ...
and widow of George James Cholmondeley. Lord Romney died in March 1845, aged 67, and was succeeded by his only son from his first marriage,
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. His second daughter, Lady Frances Marsham (1809–1901) married, in 1838, Major-General E. C. Fletcher (died 1877).


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