Robert Bullock Marsham

Robert Bullock Marsham (17 June 1786 – 27 December 1880) was an English academic, Warden of Merton College, Oxford for 54 years.

[1] He was educated at Eton College,[1] and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1803, graduating B.A.

He was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford 1812–1826, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1813.

[2] At the 1830 general election, Marsham stood against James Balfour at Anstruther Burghs in Scotland.

He was ridiculed by opponents of the Corn Laws, earning the nickname Potato Dick.