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, 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, 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.

MARSDEN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Marsden, Wakefield, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Bowlby, Durham, attorney; b.; adm. 27 Jan 1772; KS (aged 14) 1773; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1777, matr. 30 May 1777, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1777 – void 25 Jun 1791 (expiry year of grace as V. Skipton from 15 Dec 1790); BA 1781; MA 1784; ordained deacon (Oxford) 28 Oct 1781; Vicar of Great Torrington, Devon 25 Feb 1785-90; Vicar of Skipton-in-Craven and Kildwick, Yorks., from 12 Jun 1790; m. 3 Jan 1791 Elizabeth Dixon, Kildwick, Yorks.; buried Kildwick, Yorks., 22 Jan 1806.

MARSDEN, PETER BOWLBY, brother of Thomas Marsden (qv); bapt. 19 Feb 1760 (IGI); adm. 27 May 1772; Min. Can. 1773; KS (aged 14) 1774; left Christmas 1774; adm. solicitor, practising in Durham (still in Law List 1822); m. 1st, Olive Greve, York; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1789 Elizabeth Hull, St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham; d. 12 May 1827.

MARSDEN, JOHN, son of William Marsden, Barnsley and Sheffield, Yorks., Surveyor of Woods North of the Trent, attorney, and Hannah, widow of Timothy Heywood, Sheffield, apothecary, and dau. of --- Crabtree, Houghton Hall, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1742/3 (Preston's); KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void 13 Feb 1762 (expiry year of grace as R. Llandyssil from 17 Feb 1761); BA 1753; MA 1756; BD and DD 1777; ordained priest (Oxford) 23 Feb 1754/5; Chaplain to Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv) when Bishop of St. Asaph in 1760, and subsequently to him as Archbishop of York; Precentor of St. Asaph from 17 Jan 1760; Rector of Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire 1761; Prebendary of Southwell from 27 Mar 1762; Vicar of Feliskirk, Yorks. 1765; Vicar of Birstall, Yorks., 1768 (disp. to hold with Feliskirk); Prebendary of York 7 May 1772 – Mar 1785, res.; Rector of Bolton Percy, Yorks., 1774; Vicar of Felkirk, Yorks., 1777-93; of Burntwood Lodge, Yorks.; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of John Acton, The Beach, Macclesfield, Cheshire; m. 2nd, Mary ---; m. 3rd, Esther, dau. of Henry De la Bere, York; d. 25 Feb 1796. [Presumably ordained deacon (Gloucester) 3 Feb 1754/5, priest (Oxford) 23 Feb 1755/6; Curate, Barnburgh, Yorks., in 1763-4].

Marsden, James Whittaker, son of James Whittaker Marsden, stockbroker, of Bromley, Kent, and Maude, d. of John Cooper of Wanstead, Essex; b. 25 July 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (A); left July 1928; acting PO RAF July 1937, FO May 1938, Flt Lieut. Dec. 1940; Sqdn Ldr Mar. 1943, Wing Cdr 1943; despatches Jan. 1942 and June 1943; psa 1945; retd. 1946; a restaurant proprietor and hotel manager; d. 24 Dec. 1989.

Marsden, Christopher Alexander, son of Wilfred Alexander Marsden CB, Keeper of Printed Books, Brit. Museum, and Gwladys, d. of William Keown-Boyd of Downpatrick, Eire; b. 27 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1930 but did notgradu­ate; literary editor The Geographical Magazine 1935-8; RA 1939-45 (Capt. and Adjutant); BBC External Services 1945-70; author of Palmyra of the North 1942, The English at the Seaside 1947, Nottinghamshire 1953; m. 22 Sept. 1939 Margaret Ruth Kershaw, psychiatric social worker; d. 24 Dec. 1989.

MARRYAT, ERNEST LINDSAY, brother of Arthur Marryat (qv); b. 15 Feb 1840; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (G); left 1854; Addiscombe Coll. 1857-9; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1859; 1st Lieut., Bombay Engineers 10 Jun 1859; Capt., 14 Dec 1870; Maj., Royal Engineers 31 Dec 1878; retd. with rank Lieut. -Col., 10 Jun 1886; served in many positions in Indian Public Works Dept.; Manager, Punjab Northern State Railway Nov 1880; m. 10 Mar 1866 Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Edward Patrick Lynch, Bombay Army, formerly EICS Bombay; d. 3 Apr 1916.