Editing Edward Marsh (polymath) (section)

{{Short description|British polymath (1872–1953)}}
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'''Sir Edward Howard Marsh''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCVO|CB|CMG}} (18 November 1872<ref name="Janus" /> – 13 January 1953) was a British [[polymath]], translator, arts patron and civil servant.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A biography of Edward Marsh|last=Hassall|first=Christopher|publisher=Harcourt, Brace, and Co.|year=1959|location=New York|pages=26–53}}</ref> He was the sponsor of the [[Georgian poetry|Georgian]] school of poets and a friend to many poets, including [[Rupert Brooke]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]]. In his career as a civil servant he worked as private secretary to a succession of the United Kingdom's most powerful ministers, particularly [[Winston Churchill]].  He was a discreet but influential figure within Britain's homosexual community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=John Russell|title=A Neglected Painter|url=http://www.apollo-magazine.com/reviews/books/6091753/a-neglected-painter.thtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719120352/http://www.apollo-magazine.com/reviews/books/6091753/a-neglected-painter.thtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012| publisher=Apollo| access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Motion|first=Andrew|title=Strange Meetings: The Poets of the Great War by Harry Ricketts – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/13/strange-meetings-poets-war-review| access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 November 2010}}</ref>