Joan Marsham

Joan Marsham
Dame (Muriel) Joan Marsham (née Warry), 1913
Born
Muriel Joan Warry

4 January 1888
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died13 March 1972 (aged 84)[1]
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhilanthropist
Known forChairman of the executive committee of the Girl Guides Association
Parents
  • William Taylor Warry (1836-1906) (father)
  • Eliza Jane Gosling (1851-1935) (mother)
AwardsSilver Fish Award

Dame Muriel Joan Marsham (née Warry; 4 January 1888 – 13 March 1972), DBE, was a British philanthropist and chairman of the executive committee of the Girl Guides Association from 1938 to 1948. She was Chair of the National Women's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association (founded in Britain in 1918) from 1931 until her death in 1972.

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.