Michael Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney
| The Earl of Romney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 November 1910 Washpit Farm, Rougham, Norfolk, England |
| Died |
5 June 2004 (aged 93) Washpit Farm, Rougham, Norfolk, England |
| Education | Sherborne School |
| Occupation | Hereditary peer |
| Title | Earl |
| Spouse(s) | Aileen Landale |
| Relatives |
Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (paternal grandfather) Charles Marsham, 6th Earl of Romney (elder cousin) Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (younger cousin) |
Michael Henry Marsham, 7th Earl of Romney (22 November 1910 – 5 June 2004) was a British Hereditary peer who served in the House of Lords.
Michael Marsham was born on 22 November 1910 at Washpit Farm in Rougham, near King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. His father was Reginald Hastings Marsham (1865-1922), the second son of Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney, who was thus his paternal grandfather, and his mother was Dora Hermione North (d.1923). He became an orphan at the age of twelve.
He was educated at Sherborne School, a private boarding school in Sherborne, Dorset in South-West England affiliated with the Church of England.
He worked as the manager an estate owned by Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill and located in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He collected rents from the Roman Catholic tenants who lived on the estate.
During World War II, he served as a Major in the Royal Artillery of the British Army and was stationed in County Londonderry.
He returned to his job as an estate manager shortly after the war in 1945, up until 1963, when he retired in Norfolk.
He inherited his title from his late cousin, Charles Marsham, 6th Earl of Romney, in 1975, at the age of sixty. As a result, he served as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords from 1975 to 1999, when he lost his seat in the House as a result of the House of Lords Act 1999. Even though he served in the House for twenty-five years, he never made a single speech. He was interviewed in The Lord's Tale, a television documentary directed by Molly Dineen about hereditary peers. In the documentary, he joked that nobody cared about his views, but that the Conservative Party was happy to have his vote on their side.
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