Baron Romilly

Baron Romilly, of Barry in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 3 January 1866 for Sir John Romilly, the Master of the Rolls and former Solicitor General and Attorney General. He was the second son of the legal reformer Sir Samuel Romilly. The Romilly family were of French Huguenot descent.

John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly.

Lord Romilly's great-grandson, the fourth Baron (the title having descended from father to son), was a member of the Marlborough cum Ramsbury Rural District Council for many years and served as its chairman from 1964 to 1967. He was childless and on his death on 29 June 1983 the title became extinct.

Frederick Romilly, brother of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Canterbury.

Barons Romilly (1866)
gollark: If you have a magi spare and an egg slot I can send a CB one to you now.
gollark: I believe the wall of doom will be hitting the AP tomorrow.
gollark: If there weren't wild dragons breeding to the cave to keep lineages short, everything would be Terrafreaky in their lineages somewhere.
gollark: Terrafreaky is eternal. Terrafreaky is everywhere. Terrafreaky cannot be stopped.
gollark: It's from Terrafreaky, as always.

References
  1. "No. 23050". The London Gazette. 19 December 1865. p. 6736.
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