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Romsey's MP is Sandra Gidley of the Liberal Democrats, who contested the seat in a by-election in 2000 after the death of the Conservative Michael Colvin, who died with his wife in a house fire. Sandra Gidley retained the seat the following year in the 2001 General Election.
Romsey is twinned with Paimpol and Battenburg .
The town was also the home to Earl Mountbatten of Burma, whose tomb is located in Romsey Abbey, the local parish church. He was given his earldom in 1947, and was at the same time given the lesser title "Baron Romsey, of Romsey". When the Earl died, his titles passed to his elder daughter, Patricia, who is now the Countess Mountbatten of Burma . Her eldest son is now styled as "Lord Romsey", this being a courtesy titleIn the British peerage system, wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer are addressed by styles that may mislead those unacquainted with the system into thinking that they have substantive titles. If a peer of the rank of Earl, Marquess or Duk.
It was at the Broadlands estate where Prince Charles and Princess Diana spent the first night of their honeymoon after their marriage.
King John's House, a hunting lodge used by King John of EnglandJohn ( French: Jean ( December 24, 1166/ 67 October 18/ 19, 1216) reigned as King of England from 1199 to 1216. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I (known as "Richard the Lionheart"). John acquired the nicknames of "Lacklan whilst hunting in the New Forest.
The body of William Rufus was carried through Bell Street in Romsey on it's way to Winchester, after he has been killed whilst hunting in the New Forest.
The town's Abbey, built in Norman times, was purchased from Henry VIII on behalf of the town for £100, although the accompanying Nunnery was demolished.
The town's memorial park contains a Japanese World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough artillery gun, one of a pair captured by the British and brought back to Romsey by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. One was donated to the town by the Earl and the other was retained in the grounds of his country estate, Broadlands.
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