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.
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Early life
Michael Henry Marsham was born on 22 November 1910 at Washpit Farm on the Rougham Hall Estate of the North family, at 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.
Career
He worked as the manager of an estate owned by Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill, 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.