Modern English biography

MARSH, WILLIAM (3 son of colonel sir Charles Marsh of Reading). _b._ 20 July 1775; ed. at Reading and St. Edmund hall Oxf., B.A. 1801, M.A. 1807, B.D. and D.D. 1839; C. of St. Lawrence, Reading, Dec. 1800; C. of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire 1801–2; V. of Basildon and Ashampton, Berkshire 1802–14; R. of St. Peters, Colchester 1814–29; R. of St. Thomas, Birmingham, Oct. 1829 to 1839, where from frequent subject of his sermons he came to be known as Millennial Marsh; principal official and commissary of royal peculiar of deanery of Bridgnorth 1837; Inc. of St. Mary, Leamington 1839–51; hon. canon of Worcester 1848 to death; R. of Beddington, Surrey 1860 to death; author of A short catechism on the collects. Colchester 1821, 3 ed. 1824; Select passages from the sermons and conversations of a clergyman 1823, another ed. 1828; A few plain thoughts on prophecy, particularly as it relates to the latter days. Colchester 1840, 3 ed. 1843; The last warning, a commentary on the 21st chapter of St. Luke 1848, and 45 other works. _d._ Beddington rectory 24 Aug. 1864. _Life of Rev. W. Marsh. By his daughter_ (1868), _portrait_; _Colvile’s Warwickshire Worthies_ (1869) 529–33. MARSH-CALDWELL, ANNE (3 dau. of James Caldwell of Linley Wood near Lawton, Staffs. _d._ 16 Jany. 1838). _b._ Linley Wood 1791; _m._ July 1817 Arthur Cuthbert Marsh, latterly of Eastbury lodge, Herts., he _d._ 23 Dec. 1849; succeeded to estate of Linley Wood 1858, resumed by r.l. surname of Caldwell in addition to that of Marsh 18 May 1860; author of the following books, first editions all anonymous, Tales of the woods and fields 1836; Two old men’s tales 3 vols. 1843; Triumphs of time 3 vols. 1844; Aubrey 3 vols. 1845; Mount Sorel 2 vols. 1845; Emilia Wyndham 3 vols. 1846; Father Darcy, an historical romance 2 vols. 1846; The protestant reformation in France, or the history of the Huguenots 2 vols. 1847; Norman’s bridge or the modern Midas 3 vols. 1847; The previsions of Lady Evelyn 1847; Angela or the captain’s daughter 3 vols. 1848; Mordaunt Hall 3 vols. 1849; The Wilmingtons 3 vols. 1850; Lettice Arnold 2 vols. 1850; Time the avenger 3 vols. 1851; Ravenscliffe 3 vols. 1851; Castle Avon 3 vols. 1852; The heiress of Haughton 3 vols. 1855; Evelyn Marston 1856; The rose of Ashurst 3 vols. 1857; translated from Vitet, The song of Roland as chanted before the battle of Hastings by the minstrel Taillefer 1854. _d._ Linley Wood, Staffs. 5 Oct. 1874. _S. J. Hale’s Woman’s Record 2 ed._ (1855) 735, _portrait_; _Dublin Univ. Mag. xxxiv_ 575; _Athenæum_, _ii_ 512 (1874). MARSHALL, ANTHONY. _b._ 6 Aug. 1791; 2 lieut. R.E. 1 Oct. 1808, lieut.-col. 19 Feb. 1841, retired on full pay 12 July 1845; commanded R.E. Cape of Good Hope, June 1842 to 12 July 1845; L.G. 20 April 1861. _d._ Plymouth 25 May 1865. MARSHALL, ARTHUR MILNES (2 son of Wm. P. Marshall of Stroud, sec. to institution of mechanical engineers). _b._ Birmingham 8 June 1852; graduated B.A. London 1870, B.Sc. 1873, D.Sc. 1877; entered St. John’s coll. Camb. Oct. 1871, fellow 1877–85; B.A. 1875, M.A. 1878, M.D. 1882; assistant to professor F. M. Balfour in organizing the classes of comparative morphology at Cambridge 1875; at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1877; professor of zoology at Owen’s college, Manchester, July 1879 to death; F.R.S. 1885; as secretary and as chairman he took part in organizing the course of studies for the Victoria univ. Manchester; edited Studies from the biological laboratories, Owen’s college 1886; author of The frog, an introduction to anatomy and histology. Manchester 1882, 4 ed. 1891; The Manchester Museum, Outline classification of the animal kingdom 1891, and Catalogue of the embryological models 1891 in 2 volumes; A text book of vertebrate embryology 1893; with C. Herbert Hurst A junior course of practical zoology 1887, 3 ed. 1892; fell from Scafell, Cumberland, and rolling down 130 feet was _killed_ on the spot 31 Dec. 1893, inquest at Wasdale head inn, verdict accidental death. _bur._ the Old cemetery, Birmingham 4 Jany. 1894. _I.L.N. 13 Jany. 1894 p._ 38, _portrait_. MARSHALL, _Sir Chapman_ (only son of Anthony Marshall of Peterborough). _b._ Peterborough 1786; a wholesale grocer at 179 Upper Thames st. London; sheriff of London 1830; knighted at St. James’s palace 9 March 1831; alderman of ward of Bridge Within 1832–59, lord mayor 1839–40. _d._ 17 Pembridge crescent, Notting hill, London 9 Jany. 1862, portrait at Innholders’ hall. MARSHALL, _Sir Charles_ (only son of Samuel Marshall, serjeant-at-law). _b._ London 24 May 1788; ed. at Westminster sch. and Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1814; barrister I.T. 24 Nov. 1815; chief justice of Ceylon 17 July 1832 to 1836; knighted at St. James’s palace 17 July 1832; author of Reports of cases in the court of common pleas 1813 to 1816. 2 vols. 1815–17; A treatise on the law of insurance by Samuel Marshall with additions 1823. _d._ 5 Kensington gardens terrace, London 5 Feb. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 162 (1873). MARSHALL, CHARLES. Ed. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; C. of St. Antholin, London, and lecturer of St. Margaret’s, Lothbury 1840–6; V. of St. Bride’s, Fleet st. London 1846 to death; prebendary of St. Paul’s cath. 1856 to death; hon. sec. of city of London national schools; author with William Wilkinson of The Latin prayers of Charles II. or an account of the liturgia of dean Durel. Oxford 1882. _d._ 29 Jany. 1883. _I.L.N. xxiv_ 401 (1854), _portrait_. MARSHALL, CHARLES (son of Nathan Marshall). _b._ 31 Dec. 1806; scene painter at Surrey theatre and other London theatres; scene painter at Covent Garden and Drury Lane under W. C. Macready’s management 1837 etc.; painted scenery for The Tempest and As you like it, and for Lord Lytton’s plays 1838 etc.; introduced the limelight on the stage and originated and developed the transformation scene; scene painter to the opera at Her Majesty’s theatre 1844 to about 1858 when he retired; exhibited 52 landscapes at R.A., 52 at B.I. and 139 at Suffolk st. 1828–79; painted some panoramas of Napoleon’s battles. The Overland Route, &c; contributed a diorama to illustrate coronation of Wm. IV. 1831; published Select illustrated topography of thirty miles round London by W. E. Trotter, from drawings of C. Marshall 1839. _d._ 7 Lewisham road, Highgate 8 March 1890. _Sherer’s Gallery of British artists_, _ii_ 59–64 (1880). MARSHALL, CHARLES FREDERICK. _b._ 1795; principal stage comedian under Andrew Ducrow at Astley’s several seasons; played at the Coburg; acted with Edmund Kean, Macready and other celebrities; acted under Edmund Glover in Glasgow; stage manager of Bath and Bristol theatres under J. H. Chute 7 years 1856 etc.; manager of the Brighton theatre and of the Liver theatre, Liverpool; last played in London at Princess’s theatre 1871; last appeared on the stage as the Grandfather in the Old Curiosity shop at Nottingham theatre for benefit of his son Frederick Marshall 9 June 1873. _d._ Bristol 6 March 1879. MARSHALL, CHARLES WARD (son of Wm. Marshall of Oxford, music seller). _b._ 1808; a tenor singer on the London stage under stage name of Manvers about 1835; successful as a concert and oratorio singer 1842–9 when he retired. _d._ Islington 22 Feb. 1876. MARSHALL, DUNCAN. _b._ near Holy Loch, Argyleshire 1785; a fisherman; built a hermitage at the foot of Rushfield hill, a mile and a half from the head of Holy Loch or Kilmun, and became known as the hermit of Kilmun, his only companions being a few goats; during the summer received a large number of visitors; his health failing, he was removed to Dunoon 1862. _d._ Dunoon, Feb. 1865. _bur._ underneath a flat on Rushfield hill 21 Feb. 1865. _Times 24 Feb. 1865 p._ 12. MARSHALL, FRANCIS ALBERT (5 son of Wm. Marshall 1796–1872). _b._ Grosvenor st. London 18 Nov. 1840; ed. at Harrow; matric. from Exeter coll. Oxf. 14 June 1859; clerk in the audit office Somerset House 1862–8; dramatic critic to the London Figaro some years from 1870; author of the following plays, Mad as a hatter, farce produced at Royalty theatre 7 Dec. 1863; Corrupt practices, drama Lyceum 22 Jany. 1870; Q.E.D. or all a mistake, comedietta Court 25 Jany. 1871; False Shame, comedy Globe 4 Nov. 1872, revived at Royalty 19 June 1880; Brighton, comedy Court 25 May 1874, which ran 300 nights; Biorn, 5 act opera Queen’s 17 Jany. 1877; Family Honour, comedy Aquarium 18 May 1878; Lola or the Belle of Baccarato, comic opera Olympic 15 Jany. 1881; author with W. S. Wills of Cora, a drama Globe 28 Feb. 1877; edited the Henry Irving edition of Shakespeare’s works 8 vols. 1887–90; author of A study of Hamlet 1875; Henry Irving actor and manager. By An Irvingite 1883; L.S.D. an unfinished novel brought out in Britannia Magazine; _m._ (1) Imogene, she appeared as Elfrida in his five act opera of Biorn at Queen’s theatre 17 Jany. 1877, she _d._ 19 Feb. 1885; _m._ (2) 2 May 1885 Ada Cavendish the actress. _d._ 8 Bloomsbury sq. London 28 Dec. 1889. _London Figaro 4 Jany. 1890 p._ 12, _portrait_; _I.L.N. 18 Jany. 1890 p._ 70, _portrait_; _Illust. sp. and dr. news 18 Jany. 1890 p._ 556, _portrait_. MARSHALL, GEORGE. _b._ 29 Sep. 1794; banker at Birmingham; numismatist; author of A view of the silver coin and coinage of Great Britain, also an account of the silver coins struck in Scotland 1838. _d._ 25 Feb. 1855. MARSHALL, HENRY (son of John Marshall). _b._ Kilsyth, Stirlingshire 1775; ed. at Glasgow univ.; surgeon’s mate in royal navy, May 1803; assistant surgeon in Forfarshire militia Jany. 1805 and in 89th foot April 1806; assistant surgeon 2 Ceylon regiment 1809, surgeon 1 Ceylon regiment 1813–21, staff surgeon in North Britain 1821–3 at Chatham 1823–5 and at Dublin 1825–8; deputy-inspector general of hospitals on h.p. 22 July 1830; investigated with Sir A. M. Tulloch statistics of the sickness, &c. of the British army 1835–6; the first hon. M.D. of New York univ. 1847; F.R.S. Edinb.; author of Notes on the medical topography of the interior of Ceylon 1821; On the enlisting, the discharging and pensioning of soldiers 1832, 2 ed. 1839; Ceylon, a general description of the island 1846. _d._ Edinburgh 5 May 1851. _John Brown’s Horæ Subsecivæ_ (1858) 225–90; _Edinb. Med. and Surg. journal_, _lxxvi_ 489–92 (1851). MARSHALL, HENRY. _b._ 1795; attorney at Godalming, Surrey 1816 to death; mayor of Godalming 1836 and six times afterwards; clerk of the peace for Surrey, Oct. 1856 to 1872; registrar of Guildford county court 1856–69. _d._ High st. Godalming 23 Sep.