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Marsh, Edward
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18 Nov. 1872-13 Jan. 1953
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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 the United Kingdom's most powerful ministers, particularly Winston Churchill. He was a discreet but influential figure within Britain's homosexual community.
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CA QUA10607
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Biographical sketch from Wikipedia entry on Edward Marsh at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Marsh_(polymath) (accessed on 2019-08-28).