John Marsden (rower)
Arthur John Marsden (4 September 1915 – 21 February 2004) was an English rower, intelligence officer and teacher. He won the Wingfield Sculls, officially the Amateur Sculling Championship of England, in 1956.
Marsden was the son of Reginald Edward Marsden and his wife Vere Mary (née Dillon). He was born at
Marsden was an officer in the school Corps and so had a Territorial commission. In
After the war, he returned to teach at Eton and in 1954 took over as Master in House from Harry Babington Smith. He joined
Marsden was retired early from his house at Eton, then becoming first a stockbroker and then a farmer. However he returned to teaching as Director of Studies at a London tutorial college where continued until he was well into his seventies. In 1975, in partnership with Nicholas Browne, he took over the Gibbs Preparatory School at Collingham Gardens and founded Collingham Tutors.[1]
Family
Marsden married on 26 Feb 1944 to Suzanne Mary Boyd (née Cooke), the widow of Arthur N A Boyd,[3] an Eton cricketer who was killed in action in 1940.[4] Marsden and his wife had a son and three daughters[1]