The opening was attended by the high commissioner of Canada to Kenya, David Collins, and Lornah Kiplagat.
Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron known by the acronym "Marsham" which is the Hebrew abbreviation of the initials Moreinu Rav Sholom Mordechai)
2 Marsham Street | Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney | Marsham | C. H. B. Marsham |
Marsham succeeded Cuthbert Burnup as captain of Kent at the start of the 1904 season, and two seasons later Marsham presided over Kent's first County Championship win.
Born in Merton College, Oxford, Marsham was the brother of C. D. B. Marsham, who was noted as the best amateur bowler in England.
The name Marshman is a family, or surname which originated in England and either refers to an occupation - namely a person whose job it was to work the marshes or it is derived from their residency possibly of Marsham in Norfolk, or in Mersham in Kent.
Marsham was a wealthy landowner who kept systematic records of "Indications of spring" on his estate at Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, from 1736.
In September 2013, James Meade, son of equestrian champion Richard Meade, and Lady Laura Marsham, daughter of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney, who lives in nearby Gayton Hall, got married in this church.