Joan Marsham


Dame Muriel Joan Marsham, 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 from 1931 until her death in 1972.

Background

Born as Muriel Joan Warry, the daughter of William Warry of Shapwick, Somerset, England, she married the Hon. Sydney Edward Marsham on 2 February 1911. The couple had one child.

Honours

She was awarded the OBE and later was elevated to DBE in 1945 "for public services".
She was awarded the Silver Fish Award, Girl Guiding's highest adult honour, in 1944.

Family