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Edward Marsh

British polymath

Died when: 80 years 56 days (961 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Edward Marsh

Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG (18 November 1872 – 13 January 1953) 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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