Romney may refer to:
Romney (surname) Romney is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Academics
*George S. Romney (1874–1935), American university president
*A. Kimball Romney (born 1925), American academic and anthropologist
Artists
* George Romney (painter) ...
, including a list of people with the name
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, a family prominent in U.S. politics
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George W. Romney
George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd gover ...
(1907–1995), former CEO of American Motors, Governor of Michigan, and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusett ...
(born 1947), Republican politician, U.S. Senator for Utah, and former Governor of Massachusetts, and businessman
Places
Canada
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Romney Township, Ontario
Kent County, area 2,458 km2 (949 sq mi) is a Historic counties of Ontario, historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the England, English Kent, County. ...
, a township in Kent County, Ontario
United Kingdom
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Romney Deanery
The Romney Deanery is in the Diocese of Canterbury in Kent, England.
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, a Deanery of the Canterbury Diocese, in Kent, England
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Romney Island
Romney Island is an island in the River Thames in England connected to Romney Lock, at Windsor, Berkshire. It is a long thin island with trees and scrub, with the upstream end in Windsor and the downstream end almost at Black Potts.
The isla ...
, an island in the English River Thames
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Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about . The Marsh has been in use for centuries, though its inhabitants commonly suffered from malaria until the ...
, a wetland in Kent and East Sussex, England
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Romney Road, a road in England near the River Thames
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New Romney
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, ...
, a town in Kent
United States
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Romney, Indiana
Romney is an unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
It has a well known equestrian facilityFoxton Farm that was once used for fox hunting, but now houses the equestrian program at Purdue U ...
, an unincorporated community
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Romney, Pennsylvania
Romney is an unincorporated community in Fayette County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalac ...
, an unincorporated community
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Romney, Texas
Romney is an unincorporated community in Eastland County in the U.S. state of Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 2 ...
, an unincorporated community
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Romney, West Virginia
Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census.
History
Established by consecutive acts of the Virginia House of Burgesses and approved by the governor on ...
, (population, 1,940), the oldest town in West Virginia
Buildings and structures
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Romney's House
Romney's House at 5 Holly Bush Hill, Hampstead, Camden, London was the home of the artist George Romney and then of the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. It is a Grade I listed building.
The house was designed for Romney by Samuel Bunce i ...
, a Grade I listed house in Hampstead, London, built by the artist George Romney
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Romney hut
The Romney hut is a prefabricated steel structure used by the British military, developed during World War II to supersede the Iris hut.
History
At the outbreak of World War II, the British military developed a series of prefabricated huts to ...
, a type of British pre-fabricated building
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George W. Romney Building
The George W. Romney Building - ("The Romney Building") is the Governor of Michigan's main office, and houses other State of Michigan offices. The building, formerly a hotel, is named after George W. Romney, the 43rd Governor and father of Mitt R ...
or the Romney Building, the Governor of Michigan's main office location
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Romney African-American Cemetery
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run. Histor ...
, an old cemetery in Romney, West Virginia
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Romney Lock
Romney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near Windsor and Eton, about half a mile downstream of Windsor Bridge. It is on the Windsor side of the river next to a boatyard and adjoins Romney Island, a long strip-shaped ait in the ...
, a lock on the English River Thames
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Romney Stadium
Maverik Stadium, also known as Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. The home field of the Utah State Aggies of the Mou ...
, an outdoor football stadium at Utah State University
Companies and organizations
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Romney's
Kendal Mint Cake is a sugar-based confection flavoured with peppermint. It originates from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Kendal Mint Cake is popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of en ...
, an English baking company, founded 1918
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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Ro ...
, a heritage railway in Kent, England
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Romney Academy
Romney Academy was an educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reor ...
, a 19th-century educational institution in Romney, West Virginia
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Romney Middle School Hampshire County Schools is the operating school district within Hampshire County, West Virginia. It is governed by the Hampshire County Board of Education.
Schools High schools
Serves grades 9-12
* Hampshire High Schoolbr> Romney
Middle schoo ...
, a school in Romney, West Virginia
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Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury, a secondary school
Military
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Romney Expedition
The Romney Expedition was a military expedition of the Confederate States Army during the early part of the American Civil War. It is named for Romney, West Virginia, which at the time was still in the state of Virginia. The expedition was conduct ...
, an early maneuver of the Confederate Army in the US Civil War
Naval warships
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HMS Romney
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Romney''. The origins of the name are from the town of New Romney
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaime ...
, a British Royal Navy ship name
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HMS Romney (1694)
HMS ''Romney'' was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard on 23 October 1694.
Commanded by Captain William Coney, ''Romney'' was wrecked on the Scilly Isles on 26 October 1707Ships of the Old N ...
, a 50-gun English naval warship
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HMS Romney (1708)
HMS ''Romney'' was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 2 December 1708.
On 11 June 1723 orders were issued for ''Romney'' to ...
, a 50-gun English naval warship
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HMS Romney (1762)
HMS ''Romney'' was a 50-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned forty years. Five ships of the ...
, a 50-gun English naval warship
Other uses
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Romney (sheep)
The Romney, formerly called the Romney Marsh sheep but generally referred to by the local farmers as the Kent, is a breed of sheep originating in England. The Romney is a "long-wool" breed recognized in England by 1800. Exported to other conti ...
, a breed of sheep bred for meat
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Earl of Romney
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
, an English title
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Romney Formation
The Marcellus Formation or the Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. Named for a distinctive outcrop near the village of Marcellus, New York, in the United States,
it extends througho ...
, a stratum of sedimentary rock
See also
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Massachusetts health care reform
The Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, was a healthcare reform law passed in 2006 and signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of the residents of the C ...
, a 2006 health-care reform bill in Massachusetts commonly known as ''Romneycare''
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New Romney
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, ...
, Kent, England
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New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
New Romney was a Cinque Port, which made it technic ...
, the Parliament seat for New Romney
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New Romney railway station
New Romney railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in New Romney, Kent, England. It has always been the headquarters location of the railway.
Temporary terminus
Until the opening of the Dungeness extension in ...
, a depot in Kent, England
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Old Romney
Old Romney is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England.
The village, as its name suggests, is the original site of the settlement, and is situated two miles (3.2 km) inland from New Romney. It lies o ...
, a nearby Kentish village of similar age to New Romney
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Romney Sands railway station
Romney Sands Railway Station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is located on the bleakest part of the Romney Marsh, a shingle peninsula.
Station history
The station opened in May 1928 and was original ...
, a depot in Kent, England
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Romny
Romny ( uk, Ромни́, ) is a city in northern Ukrainian Sumy Oblast. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does ...
, a city in the Ukraine
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Shuzenji Romney Railway
The Shuzenji Romney Railway (ロムニー鉄道, ''Romney Railway'') is a 1.2 km, gauge ridable miniature railway located in Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in Izu, Shizuoka, on the Izu Peninsula in Japan. It is based on the English Romney, Hy ...
, a railway on the Izu Peninsula of Japan
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