Marsham Argles (1814–1892) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1891 until his death a year later.[1] [2]
Born in County Limerick in Ireland in 1814, he was educated at Merton College, Oxford,[3] and ordained into the priesthood in 1838. His first posts were curacies at St Peter's Church, Bolton, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and Cranford, Northamptonshire after which he was appointed Vicar of Gretton.[4] He then began a long association with Peterborough Cathedral, firstly as a Canon,[5] then Chancellor,[6] and finally Dean.
He died in Southsea, near Portsmouth on 19 November 1892.[7] His son was later a priest.[8]