MARSH, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1737; left 1743.
MARSH, WILLIAM. Russell Barker and Stenning record that although a William Marsh is recorded in the admission book as having been adm. (aged 13) Jan 1724/5 and placed in first form, his name is erased in the admission book and does not appear in contemporary under school lists].
MARSH, SIR EDWARD HOWARD, only son of Frederick Howard Marsh FRCS ScD, Prof. Surgery, Cambridge Univ. , and Master of Downing Coll. Cambridge, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Spencer Perceval, Elm Grove, Ealing, Middlesex, Irvingite Apostle to Italy; b. 18 Nov 1872; adm. 27 Mar 1883 (D); exhibitioner 1885; Mure scholar 1889; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1891 (with Samwaies), adm. pens. 15 Jun 1891, scholar 1891; 1st cl. Classics, div. 2, pt. i, 1893, 1st cl. Classics, pt. ii, 1895; first Chancellor’s Classical Medal 1895; BA 1895; MA 1898; 2nd cl. Clerk, Colonial Office 26 Sep 1896, 1st cl. Clerk Apr 1905; Private Secretary to successive Ministers and Cabinet Ministers from 1900 onwards, including Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Lyttelton, H. H. Asquith, Winston Churchill and J. H. Thomas; retd. Feb 1937; CMG 26 Jun 1908; CB 3 Jun 1918; CVO 2 Jan 1922; KCVO 1937; a well-known collector of British pictures and drawings; Chairman, Contemporary Art Society 1936-52; Trustee, Tate Gallery 1937; Croix de Chevalier, Legion d’Honneur; author, A Memoir of Rupert Brooke, 1918, and other works; d. unm. 13 Jan 1953. DNB.
MARSH, RICHARD, son of Rev. James Marsh DD, Archdeacon of Chichester and Rector of St. Dunstan in the West, London, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Killingtree, Longham, Norfolk; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1648; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1650, matr. 7 Dec 1650, Westminster Student; BA 14 Feb 1653/4; m.; buried Richmond, Surrey 8 Mar 1672/3.
MARSH, MATTHEW HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Matthew Marsh, Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, and Margaret, dau. of Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie, Rector of Winterslow, Wilts.; b. 12 Sep 1810; adm. 3 Jun 1822 (G); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student, subsequently Faculty Student; BA 1833; MA 1835; adm. Inner Temple 25 Jan 1833, called to bar 29 Apr 1836; KC Duchy of Lancaster Dec 1837 – Jan 1840; emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1840, where he made a large fortune and was a member of the Legislative Council 1851-5; returned to England 1855; MP (Liberal) Salisbury 1857-68; DL JP Wiltshire; m. 25 Jul 1844 Eliza Mary Anne, sister of Sir William Lockyer Merewether (qv); d. 26 Jan 1881.
MARSH, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1722.
MARSH, GEORGE THOMAS, brother of Matthew Henry Marsh (qv); b. 6 Aug 1812; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (G); KS 1826; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1830, Canoneer Student 1830; BA 1834; MA 1838; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1835, priest (Bath & Wells) 1836; Vicar of Sutton Benger, Wilts., from 1836; Rector of Foxley, Wilts., from 1840; m. Frances Elizabeth, sister of Douglas Macdonald (qv); d. at Nice 24 Feb 1862.
Marsh, Edward Howard, only son of Howard Marsh, F.R.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Camb. Univ., of Hertford Street, London, by his first wife, Jane, daughter of Spencer Perceval, of Elm Grove, Ealing, Middlesex; b. Nov. 18, 1872; adm. March 27,1883; exhibitioner 1885; Mure Scholar 1889; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) 1891 (adm. Pensr. June 15, 1891, and obtained a major scholarship the same year); 1st class Classics, div. 2, pt. I, 1893; 1st class Lit. Hum., pt. ii, 1895; first Chancellor's Classical Medal 1895; B.A. 1895; M.A. 1898; 2nd class clerk Colonial Office Sept. 26, 1896, 1st class clerk April 1905; author of a Memoir of Rupert Brooke (1918), and other works; C.M.G. June 26, 1908; C.B. June 3, 1918; C.V.O. Jan. 2, 1922; Legion of Honour, Croix de Chevalier; d. 1953.
MARSH, CHARLES, only son of Charles Marsh, Charing Cross, London, bookseller; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1743/4; BB; KS 1748; Capt. of the School 1752; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1753, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1753, scholar 3 May 1754; Craven Scholar 1755; 10th Wrangler and Senior Chancellor’s Medal 1757; BA 1757; first Members’ Prize for Senior Bachelors 1759; MA 1760; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1758, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1760; Clerk, War Office c. 1760 – Jun 1795 (Principal Clerk by 1769), retd.; FSA 15 Jan 1784; d. unm. 21 Jan 1812. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.