Jacob Marsham

Jacob Marsham (28 February 1759 – 28 January 1840) was an English cleric, Canon of Windsor from 1805 to 1840.[1]

Life[edit]

Marsham was born on 28 February 1759,[2] the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney. He was educated at Eton College,[3] entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1777,[4] and then entered King's College, Cambridge in 1783, graduating M.A. in 1783 and D.D. in 1797.[3]

Marsham was a prebendary of Bath and Wells in 1789, and prebendary of Rochester from 1797 to 1840. He was installed as rector of St Michael and All Angels' Church, Wilmington, Kent in 1800.

In 1805 Marsham was appointed canon of the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the place of Edward Legge who had been appointed dean.[5]

Family[edit]

Marsham married in 1784 Amelia Frances Bullock.[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  2. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1840). "Romney, Earl of (Marsham)". The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (7th ed.). p. 416. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Marsham, Jacob (MRSN783J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph. "Marsham, Jacob" . Alumni Oxonienses  – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Chester Courant – Tuesday 26 February 1805. p.3. Sunday's Mail
  6. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. E. Cave. 1793. p. 1061.