1747
George Marsh (born 1683) aged 63/64
Francis Marsh – aged 38/39 – elder brother of Milbourne, Mary and George
Milbourne Marsh – aged 37/38
Elizabeth Marsh (ne Evans)
Eliza Marsh (later Crisp) – aged 11/12
Francis Milbourne Marsh – aged 8/9
John Marsh – aged 0
Mary Marsh – aged 34/35
George Marsh – aged 24/25
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5 April 1747
Birth of John Marsh to Milbourne and Elizabeth Marsh, at Chatham, Kent. John Marsh, Commissioner, Comptroller and Chairman of the Victualling Board.
George Marsh Diary
10th Jan 1747
From some imprudent conversation the Commissioner had with the Duke of Bedford [John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford,1710-1771] First Lord of the Admiralty, he observed to him if he was not made an Admiral he would quit, to which declaration the Duke kept him, and because he would not be superseded without having a reason to assign for it, he this day set up for Member of Parliament for Portsmouth against Government, without being certain of a single vote, and was superseded by Commissioner Davies of the Victualling Board, and did not obtain one vote, if he had, he must have been returned as such, one of the other two candidate being dead abroad when the election was made. Mr Compton was a very imprudent proud man, and assumed much on his being of the Earl of Northampton’s family, and lived in great constant pain from his having when young with some other ridiculous young officers, agreed when they had drank out many bottles of wine, to eat their glasses, of which two of them soon after died. He obtained after his failure at Portsmouth superannuation as a Commissioner of the Navy, and lived, tho’ he suffered much to a great age and at last hanged himself.