Edward Marsh

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1872 – 1953

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Who was Edward Marsh?

Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. In his career as a civil servant he worked as Private Secretary to a succession of Great Britain's most powerful ministers, particularly Winston Churchill. He was a discreet but influential figure within Britain's homosexual community.

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Born
Nov 18, 1872
London
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Westminster School
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
Died
Jan 13, 1953

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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