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Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872 - 1953 (Knight, public servant and patron of the arts)

 Person

Dates and places

1872-1953. Westminster School then Trinity College, Cambridge.

Sphere of activity

Civil servant, scholar, patron of the arts.

Other information

Literary executor of Rupert Brooke.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Correspondence on Trust business, 1932-6, 1932 - 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/RCB/Xh/2
Scope and Contents

Includes 1 ALS from Lascelles Abercrombie to Sir Edward Marsh, forwarded by Edward Marsh to Geoffrey Keynes (8 Nov 1934); 1 ALS from A E Brooke to Geoffrey Keynes (undated) enclosing an ALS from Wallis Munsford to A E Brooke (2 Jun 1933) concerning RCB's poem 'The Bastille' with Geoffrey Keynes' reply; 1 TLS from Sonia K. Chapter of Curtis Brown Limited (16 Dec 1935) to Sir Edward Marsh forwarded by Edward Marsh to Geoffrey Keynes; 6 TLS from Walter de la Mare to Geoffrey Keynes (1934-6).

Dates: 1932 - 1936
 Item

Letter from Sir Edward Marsh, 1939-03-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/68
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed.

Dates: 1939-03-12
 File

Letters from Sir Edward Marsh to Joan Robinson, 1936 - 1939

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JVR/7/279
Scope and Contents

His correspondence comprises 4 letters on E.H.R. Altounyan's poems, Edward Marsh's forthcoming memoirs ('A Number of People', 1939), Joan Robinson's illness, carbolic acid and Elliott Seabrooke.

Dates: 1936 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Note that reserved items in this series have been removed from the numerical sequence and stored separately in a box with JVR/16.