Walter Marcon, Rector of Edgefield, Norfolk, a first-class cricketer who in his youth had played for Eton and Oxford.
Born at Edgefield, he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Charsley's Hall, Oxford, matriculating on 14 January 1874 at the age of twenty and graduating BA in 1878, MA in 1882.
[3][4][5] Marcon was ordained a deacon of the Church of England in 1886[4] and served as curate of South Hinksey, Berkshire, from 1886 until 1899.
[3] On 18 September 1884, at St Philip's Church, Norwich, Marcon married Sophia Wyndham Winter, the elder daughter of J. J.
[4] On 18 September 1934, Mr and Mrs Charles Abdy Marcon celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.