| Authorised form of name | Marsham; Robert (1685 - 1724); 1st Baron Romney |
| Dates | 1685 - 1724 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bushey, Hertfordshire |
| Date of birth | 17 September 1685 |
| Place of death | Frith Street, Soho |
| Date of death | 28 November 1724 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Crayford, Kent |
| Activity | Education:
St John's College, Oxford (matriculated 1701)
Career:
MP for Maidstone (1708-1716); Lieutenant Governor of Dover Castle (1717); said to have paid £5000 for his title
Honours:
Baron 1716
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/11/1723 |
| Proposer | James Hodgson |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Robert Marsham, Bart, Clerk in Chancery, of Cuxton and Bushey Heath, and his wife, Margaret daughter of Thomas Bosville of Little Mote, Eynsford, Kent; succeeded his father as 5th Bart (1703); married Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and his wife, Elizabeth, widow of Admiral Sir John Narborough and daughter of Captain John Hill, Commissioner in the Navy, of Shadwell, London |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; GEC; Foster; Sedgwick |
| Code | NA7385 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003874 | Marsham, Robert, 1st Baron Romney | nd |
| MS/390/202 | Bond of Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 19 December 1723 |