Marcus Felix Brudenell Fitch CBE FBA FSA, (5 January 1908 – 2 April 1994) was an English historian and philanthropist.
Fitch was appointed as a Gold Staff Officer by the Duke of Norfolk, and acted as an usher at both the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
[4] Soon after their marriage, Fitch purchased Olivers, a Georgian manor house in Stanway, Essex which started his interest in the county's history.
[1] While he was chairman of the British Record Society (1949–67[3]) he set up the Marc Fitch Fund (1956),[5] an educational charity which funds research and publication, primarily in the UK, in the fields of archaeology, historical geography, history of art, and architecture, heraldry and genealogy.
Fitch also served as the chairman of the Society of Genealogists during 1956, and was the master of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers in 1957–8.
During the 1970s, Fitch helped set up the Aurelius Trust, a charity which makes donations in the interests of the conservation of culture.