Romney

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The name Romney might refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 British Commonwealth 1.2 U.S. political family 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] People

[edit] British Commonwealth

• Cyril Romney (1931–2007), Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1986
• George Romney (painter) (1734–1802), English portrait painter
• The earl of Romney, an English title

[edit] U.S. political family

See also: Pratt–Romney family

• George W. Romney (1907–1995), governor of Michigan and father of Mitt Romney
• Marion G. Romney (1897–1988), prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, cousin of George W. Romney
• Lenore Romney (1908–1998), Michigan politician, former First Lady of Michigan (wife of George Romney), 1970 United States Senate Republican nominee
• Mitt Romney (born 1947), former governor of Massachusetts, former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008
  • Ann Romney, former First Lady of Massachusetts
  • Josh Romney, Tagg Romney, Mitt and Ann Romney's sons
• G. Scott Romney, Michigan politician, brother of Mitt Romney

[edit] Places

United Kingdom

• New Romney, Kent, England
• Old Romney, a nearby Kentish village of similar age to New Romney
• Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, a heritage railway in Kent, England
• Romney Marsh, a wetland in Kent and East Sussex, England

United States

• Romney, Indiana, named for Romney, West Virginia
• Romney, Pennsylvania
• Romney, Texas
• Romney, West Virginia, the oldest town in West Virginia

[edit] Other

• Romney sheep, a type of sheep which is bred for meat