Marsh Biography Award

The Marsh Biography Award was a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and was presented biennially until 2011. The Marsh Christian Trust and the English Speaking Union presented this award in partnership.

Winners

• 1987 - Roland Huntford - Shackleton
• 1989 - David Gilmour - The Last Leopard
• 1991 - Hugh & Mirabel Cecil - Clever Hearts
• 1993 - Patrick Marnham - The Man Who Wasn't Maigret
• 1995 - Selina Hastings - Evelyn Waugh
• 1997 - Jim Ring - Erskine Childers
• 1999 - Richard Holmes - Coleridge: Darker Reflections
• 2001 - Anthony Sampson - Mandela: The Authorised Biography
• 2003 - Brenda Maddox - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
• 2005 - John Guy - My Heart is My Own
• 2007 - Maggie Ferguson - George Mackay Brown: The Life
• 2009 - Rosemary Hill - God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
• 2011 - D.R. Thorpe - Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan