Education
Born on 9 October 1873, Marris was educated at Wanganui and Canterbury College in New Zealand, and later studied at Christ Church, Oxford.
Born on 9 October 1873, Marris was educated at Wanganui and Canterbury College in New Zealand, and later studied at Christ Church, Oxford.
He passed first in the Indian Civil Service (open) examination in 1895. After retirement from the, Marris returned to Northern England and remarried to Elizabeth Wilford in 1934, whom he had known from his childhood in New Zealand. During this period, he published translations of Greek and Roman Literature.
He retired in 1937 and settled in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, where at Dollar House he died on 12 December 1945.
Sir William Sinclair Marris served in the in several positions Assistant Magistrate, United Presbyterian 1896 Under Secretary to Government, United Presbyterian 1899 Under Secretary to Government of India. 1901 Deputy Secretary to Government of India, 1904 Magistrate and Collector.
Aligarh, 1910 Member Executive Committee Coronation Durbar, 1912 Acting Secretary to Government of India, Home Department, 1913 Inspector-General of Police, United Presbyterian 1916 Joint Secretary to Government of India 1919-1921 Reforms Commissioner, 1919-1920 Governor of Assam, 1921-1922 Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 1922-1928 From 1929 to 1937, Marris was Principal of Armstrong College in the Newcastle division of the University of Durham (now Newcastle University), in which role he held the position of from 1932 to 1934.
He was a member of the during the British Raj, and later became Following his return from India he resigned as a member of the Council of the Secretary of India to take a principleship at Armstrong College in Newcastle upon Tyne, he was Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1932 to 1934. Member of Council of India, 1928-1929.