George Marsham (10 April 1849 – 2 December 1927) was an English landowner and amateur

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er who was connected with Kent County Cricket Club. Marsham was born at Allington Rectory near

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in 1849, the son of George F. J. Marsham who was the

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of the parish.Marsham, Mr George
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'', 1928. Retrieved 2008-09-20.Wilson S (1995) The inhabitants of Hayle Place in the 19th century, ''Loose Threads'' vol.4, pp.3–6, Loose Area History Society.
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Retrieved 2018-09-29.) He came from a cricketing family: his nephew, C. H. B. Marsham, captained Kent between 1904 and 1908 and was captain when the county won its first

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Moore D (1988) ''The History of Kent County Cricket Club'', p.55. London: Christopher Helm. . and his brothers-in-law Charles,

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and Cloudesley all played

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. Marsham was one of seven siblings and the only son to survive infancy. His mother died in childbirth and his father died three years afterwards, so the children grew up at Hayle Place in

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near Maidstone with his mother's family. After being educated at

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, where he played some cricket, and Merton College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1867,Stapyleton HEC (1884) ''Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, with notes and index'', p.294. London: EP Williams.
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Retrieved 2019-09-29.) Marsham played three first-class matches for Kent between 1877 and 1878.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-09-20. He was President of the club in 1886 and was also a prominent member of

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, Band of Brothers and the

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. ''

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'' described him as a "useful batsman and a good

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", who could also bowl slow

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. Marsham inherited Hayle Place from his aunt Catherine Penelope Jones as well as property at Headfort House in

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, Ireland.Jones (Leitrim)
Landed Estates Database, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-09-29. He was High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1878 and a Deputy Lieutenant of both Leitrim and Kent as well as a Justice of the Peace. Burke B, Fox-Davies AC (1912) ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland'', p.461. London: Harrison and Sons.
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Retrieved 2019-09-29.) He never married and lived at Hayle Cottage on the Hayle Place estate until his death in 1927 aged 78.
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