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Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of Romney

Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of Romney

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Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of Romney (c.1800 25 December 1847), formerly the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend, was the second wife of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney. She was the daughter of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney, and his wife, the former Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements.

Her first husband, whom she married on 4 October 1825,[1] was George James Cholmondeley. Cholmondeley died in 1830.[2]

They had one child:

On 8 February 1832, she married the Earl of Romney, whose first wife, Sophia, had died in 1812. By the earl, she had one son:

The earl died in 1845, and was succeeded by Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney, the only son from his first marriage.


References

  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  2. The History of Chislehurst: Its Church, Manors, and Parish. G. Allen. 1899.
  3. George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 352.
  4. "Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney". Chislehurst Society. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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