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Frederick Romilly (21 March 1810 – 6 April 1887), was a British Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1850 to 1852 and a

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er who played for

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(MCC). Romilly was a younger son of Sir Samuel Romilly and Anne, daughter of Francis Garbett, of Knill Court,

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. Lord Romilly was his elder brother. In 1836 he played one first-class match for MCC against

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in which he scored one run in each innings. Romilly was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for

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in March 1850, a seat he held until the 1852 general election. Romilly married Lady Elizabeth Amelia Jane, daughter of

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, in 1848. He died at Westminster in April 1887, aged 77. Lady Elizabeth died in January 1892. They had two children: *Samuel Henry Romilly (d. 14 March 1940). He married Lady Arabella Charlotte Carnegie, daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk and Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel. They had two sons, and two daughters. *Elizabeth Mary Romilly (c. 1853 – 17 Apr 1950). She married

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, son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey, and grandson of

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, and Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. They had two sons, and four daughters one of which, Mary, married

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romilly, Frederick 1810 births 1887 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Politics of Canterbury English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863