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Frederick Romilly

1810 – 1887

Cricketer and British politician

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Lived 1810 – 1887 (aged 77). Frederick Romilly was a British cricketer and politician.

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 Sir Samuel Romilly and Anne, daughter of Francis Garbett, of Knill Court, Herefordshire. Lord Romilly was his elder brother. In 1836 he played one match for MCC against Cambridge University in which he scored one run in each innings.

Romilly was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Canterbury in March 1850, a seat he held until the 1852 general election.

Romilly married Lady Elizabeth Amelia Jane, daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, in 1848. He died at Westminster in April 1887, aged 77. Lady Elizabeth died in January 1892. They had two children:

Samuel Henry Romilly (d. 14 March 1940). He married Lady Arabella Charlotte Carnegie, daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk and Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel. They had two sons, and two daughters. Elizabeth Mary Romilly (c. 1853 – 17 Apr 1950). She married Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour, son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey, and grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour, and Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. They had two sons, and four daughters one of which, Mary, married Charles Bigham, 2nd Viscount Mersey.

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Member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Who was Frederick Romilly?

Cricketer and British politician (1810-1887)

When was Frederick Romilly born?

Frederick Romilly was born on 21 March 1810.

When did Frederick Romilly die?

Frederick Romilly died on 6 April 1887.

What was Frederick Romilly's occupation?

Frederick Romilly was a cricketer and politician.

What nationality was Frederick Romilly?

Frederick Romilly was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Frederick Romilly

· Wikidata: Q5498658

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