Francis Bullock-Marsham Explained

Colonel Francis William Bullock-Marsham (13 July 1883 – 22 December 1971) was a senior officer in the British Army and an English amateur cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club and one for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), both in 1905.[1] Part of the Marsham family that were involved with Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in Bicester and died in Maidstone.[2]

Bullock-Marsham was educated at Eton College until 1901. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 7th (Militia) battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 26 August 1901, and promoted to a lieutenant on 1 July 1902.[3] 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.[4]

He married on 19 April 1922 Finovola Marianne Eleanor Maclean, widow of Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Lewis P For Kent and Country, Brighton: Reveille Press
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17382.html Francis Marsham
  3. Hart′s Army list, 1903
  4. Brigadier Francis William Bullock-Marsham . 23 December 1971 . 12 . 58358 .
  5. Web site: Fitzroy Maclean. 4 Dec 2020. The West Kent (the Queen's Own) yeomanry.