Marlborough Robert Pryor DL JP (16 October 1848 - 24 April 1920) was an English businessman, described in his Times obituary as a "savant, business expert and scholar" who was "a many sided man who devoted to business capacities which might have won him fame in science",[1] while Nature described him as being "well known in scientific circles at Cambridge"[2]
He was the eldest son[3] of Robert Pryor. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (as had been his father, and younger brothers Frank and Selwyn). He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles.[4]
On 7 April 1875, he married Catherine Alice Hammond Solly, daughter of William Hammond Solly, of Serge Hill, Hertfordshire. Their son was the soldier Walter Marlborough Pryor.[3] They also had six daughters; his wife died on 7 February 1901.
In his business career, he was a merchant in Southern Africa, and later worked for the Sun Life Insurance Company.
He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Herts and a Justice of the Peace.
. The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life . W. C. Lubenow. Cambridge University Press . 1998 . 127. 9780521572132 .