Colonel Francis William Bullock-Marsham (13 July 1883 – 22 December 1971) was a senior officer in the British Army and an English amateur

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er who played one

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match for Kent County Cricket Club and one for

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(MCC), both in 1905.Lewis P ''For Kent and Country'', Brighton: Reveille Press Part of the Marsham family that were involved with Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in

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and died in

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.Francis Marsham
CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-06-04. Bullock-Marsham was educated at

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until 1901. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 7th (

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) battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 26 August 1901, and promoted to a

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on 1 July 1902. Between 1932 and 1936 Bullock-Marsham commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade with the temporary rank of Brigadier. He was an aide-de-camp to three British monarchs, George V, Edward VII and George VI from 1935 to 1938.Colonel Francis William Bullock-Marsham
The Peerage. Retrieved 2017-03-12. He married on 19 April 1922 Finovola Marianne Eleanor Maclean (1887–1985), widow of Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson.

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1883 births 1971 deaths English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 19th Royal Hussars officers 3rd Carabiniers officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Military Cross People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of World War I Kent cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1880s-stub