Sophia Marsham, Countess of Romney


Sophia Marsham, Countess of Romney, formerly Sophia Pitt, was the first wife of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney.
She was the only daughter of William Morton Pitt, MP, who married Peter Richard Hoare and had children
The countess died at the family seat of the Mote, Kent, just over a week after the birth of her youngest child, Charlotte. However, it was not until 1832 that the earl re-married, his second wife being the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend, daughter of John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney and widow of George James Cholmondeley.
Lord Romney died in March 1845, aged 67, and was succeeded by his only son from his first marriage, Charles.
His second daughter, Lady Frances Marsham married, in 1838, Major-General E. C. Fletcher.