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Frederick Romilly

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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.[1] In 1836 he played one first-class match for MCC against Cambridge University in which he scored one run in each innings.[2]

Romilly was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Canterbury in March 1850, a seat he held until the 1852 general election.[3]

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.[citation needed] They had two children:

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary". The Times. No. 32043. 11 April 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ Frederick Romilly at Cricket Archive
  3. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Camelford to Carmarthen". Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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