Jacob Marsham
{{Short description|English cleric}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Jacob Marsham
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| office1 = Canon of Windsor
| term1 = 1805-1840
| birth_date = {{birth date|1759|02|28|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1840|01|28|1759|02|28|df=yes}}
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| father = Robert Marsham
| relatives = Charles Marsham (brother)
Robert Marsham (grandfather)
| education = Christ Church, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
| spouse = {{marriage|Amelia Bullock|1784}}
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Hon. Jacob Marsham (28 February 1759 – 28 January 1840) was an English cleric, Canon of Windsor from 1805 to 1840.Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Life
Marsham was born on 28 February 1759,{{cite book|last=Lodge|first=Edmund|year=1840|edition=7th|title=The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage|chapter=Romney, Earl of (Marsham)|page=416|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kY5AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA416|access-date=2 April 2022}} the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney. He was educated at Eton College,{{acad|id=MRSN783J|name=Marsham, Jacob}} entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1777,{{cite wikisource|title=Alumni Oxonienses|chapter=Marsham, Jacob|wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886|last=Foster|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist)}} and then entered King's College, Cambridge in 1783, graduating M.A. in 1783 and D.D. in 1797.
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.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
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.Chester Courant – Tuesday 26 February 1805. p.3. Sunday's Mail
Family
Marsham married in 1784 Amelia Frances Bullock.{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7FJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1061|year=1793|publisher=E. Cave|page=1061}}
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Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford