Editing Edward Marsh (polymath) (section)

==Early life==
Marsh's father was [[Frederick Howard Marsh|Howard Marsh]], a surgeon and later Master of [[Downing College, Cambridge]]. His mother, born Jane Perceval, was a granddaughter of prime minister [[Spencer Perceval]], and a daughter of [[Spencer Perceval, MP]], one of the twelve "apostles" recognized by the movement associated with [[Edward Irving]] and known as the [[Catholic Apostolic Church]]. Jane, a nurse, was one of the founders of the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; Howard was a surgeon at the hospital. Marsh was educated at [[Westminster School]], London, and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref name="Janus">{{Cite web|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FEMAR|title=The Papers of Sir Edward Marsh|work=Janus|publisher=Cambridge University}}</ref> where he studied classics under [[Arthur Woollgar Verrall]]. At Cambridge, he became associated with [[R. C. Trevelyan]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[G. E. Moore]], and [[Maurice Baring]]. He was a [[Cambridge Apostle]].