Marsham Argles (7 July 1814 – 19 November 1892) was an Anglican priest who was Dean of Peterborough from 1891 until his death a year later.
[4][5] His father died by suicide in 1831 after being in a "desponding state of mind", stabbing and shooting himself to death at the family home in Southampton.
[9] In 1851, he was appointed rector at Barnack, Peterborough, which had been without a priest since 1844, when the disgraced Herbert Marsh was relieved of his duties after a scandal with one of his French mistresses.
Argles used his own funds as a benefactor to Barnack Church and restored and expanded the 16th-century rectory.
[10][7] He then began a long association with Peterborough Cathedral, firstly as a Canon,[11] then Chancellor,[12] and finally Dean.