Modern English biography

Journal_, _xviii_ 904 (1874). MARSHALL, HUBERT. _b._ 1804 or 1805; entered Madras army 14 Sep. 1824; lieut. 33 Madras N.I. 11 Nov. 1826, major 5 July 1854; deputy secretary to government military department 1852 to 1869; lieut.-col. 8 Madras N.I. 2 Jany. 1860 to 1861; lieut.-col. 18 Madras N.I. 1861–3; lieut.-col. 33 Madras N.I. 1863–5; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Newton house, Dalkeith 3 May 1880. MARSHALL, JAMES (son of a doctor at Rothesay, Bute, who _d._ 1806). _b._ Rothesay 23 Feb. 1796; ed. at Paisley gr. sch. and univs. of Glasgow and Edinb.; minister of Outer high church, Glasgow 1819–28; minister of Tolbooth ch. Edinb. 1828, resigned 29 Sep. 1841; ordained by bishop of Durham as curate of Norham, Durham 19 Dec. 1841; R. of St. Mary-le-Port, Bristol 1842–7; secretary to newly founded Lay readers’ association 1845; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Clifton, May 1847 to death; edited Letters of the late Mrs. Isabella Graham of New York 1839; author of Inward revival or motives and hindrances to advancement in holiness. Edinb. 1840; Early piety illustrated in the life and death of a young parishioner. _d._ Vyvyan terrace, Clifton 29 Aug. 1855. _Memoir by Rev. James Marshall_ (1857); _Scott’s Fasti_, _vol._ 1 _pt._ 1 _p._ 52 (1866). MARSHALL, SIR JAMES (2 son of preceding). _b._ Edinburgh 19 Dec. 1829; lost his right arm through a gun accident; matric. from Ex. coll. Oxf. 3 Feb. 1848; B.A. 1851, M.A. 1854; C. of St. Bartholomew’s, Little Moorfields, London 1854–7; joined Church of Rome, Nov. 1857; procurator and precentor in R.C. ch. Bayswater, London; classical master at Oratory school, Birmingham 1863; barrister L.I. 27 Jany. 1868; practised at Manchester; chief magistrate of the Gold Coast and assessor to the native chiefs May 1873; raised levies in Ashanti war 1874; senior puisne judge of supreme court of the Gold Coast, Nov. 1876, chief justice 1879 to 1882; knighted at Windsor Castle 29 June 1882; executive comr. for West African colonies at Colonial exhibition 1886; C.M.G. 28 June 1886; chief justice of territories of royal Niger company 1887; knight commander of St. Gregory the Great, June 1889. _d._ Margate 11 Aug. 1889. MARSHALL, JAMES. _b._ 1806; founded business of Marshall and Snelgrove, drapers and silk mercers at 11 Vere st. Oxford st. London 10 April 1837, they employed nearly 1800 hands in 1887, in 1800 the largest haberdasher’s shop in London employed only 16 persons; in 1893 they were silk mercers at 10 to 20 Vere st., 334 to 348 and 352 and 354 Oxford st., 14 to 20 Henrietta st. Cavendish sq., 2 to 24 Marylebone lane, and at Scarborough and Leeds. _d._ Goldbeaters, Millhill, Hendon, Middlesex 22 Nov. 1893, leaving personal estate of the net value of £719,116. MARSHALL, JAMES GARTH (3 son of John Marshall of Headingley, Leeds, M.P. for Yorkshire 1826–30). _b._ Leeds 20 Feb. 1802; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; member of firm of Marshall and Co. of Holbeck, Leeds and Shrewsbury, flax spinners, the former of these mills is described in Disraeli’s ‘Sybil’ 1845; M.P. for Leeds 30 July 1847 to 1 July 1852; F.G.S. 1833; A.I.C.E. 1 May 1838; sheriff of Yorkshire 1860. _d._ Monk Coniston near Ambleside 22 Oct. 1873. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxviii_ 317–20 (1874). MARSHALL, JOHN, LORD CURRIEHILL (son of John Marshall of Garlieston, Wigtonshire). _b._ Wigtonshire 7 Jany. 1794; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; called to Scotch bar Nov. 1818; purchased estate of Curriehill in Midlothian; dean of faculty of advocates March 1852; a judge of court of session with title of Lord Curriehill 3 Nov. 1852 to Oct. 1868. _d._ Curriehill near Edinb. 27 Oct. 1868. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 123–4, _portrait_. MARSHALL, JOHN, LORD CURRIEHILL (eld. son of preceding). _b._ Edinburgh 15 Oct. 1827; ed. at Edinb. academy and univs. of Glasgow and Edinb.; called to Scotch bar 1851; a member of general council of univs. of Edinb. and Glasgow; a judge of court of session with title of Lord Curriehill 29 Oct. 1874 to death; chancellor’s assessor of Edinb. univ. court; author of Analysis of titles to land consolidation (Scotland) act 1868. Edinburgh 1869. _d._ Curriehill near Edinb. 5 Nov. 1881. MARSHALL, JOHN (2 son of Wm. Marshall of Ely, solicitor). _b._ Ely 11 Sep. 1818; studied at Univ. coll. London 1838–44; M.R.C.S. 1844, F.R.C.S. 1849; demonstrator of anatomy at Univ. coll. about 1845, extra assistant surgeon 1847, professor of surgery 1866–85, Emeritus professor 1885 to death; consulting surgeon to Univ. college hospital 1884; member of council of R.C.S. 1873, pres. 1883, representative of the college in general council of medical education 9 June 1881 to death, pres. of the council 10 May 1887 to death; Bradshaw lecturer 1883, Hunterian orator 1885, Morton lecturer 1889; F.R.S. 11 June 1857; pres. of royal medical and chirurgical society of London 1882–3; lectured on anatomy to art students at Marlborough House 1853; professor of anatomy at royal academy 16 May 1873 to death; introduced the galvano-cautery and operation of the excision of varicose veins; Fullerian professor of physiology at the royal institution 4 years; invented system of circular wards for hospitals; author of A description of the human body, its structure and functions 1860, 4 ed. 1883; The outlines of physiology, human and comparative 3 vols. 1867; Anatomy for artists 1878, 3 ed. 1890; A rule of proportion for the human figure 1878. _d._ 92 Cheyne walk, Chelsea 1 Jany. 1891. _bur._ at Ely 6 Jany., bust by Thomas Brock, R.A. in Univ. coll. London; memorial painted glass window placed in choir of Ely cathedral by his widow Jany. 1894. _Proc. of royal soc. xlix pp. iv–vii_ (1891); _I.L.N. lxxxiii_ 77 (1883), _portrait_. MARSHALL, MARY. _b._ England 1813; played columbine in Barrymore’s pantomime of Davy Jones’s Locker at Drury Lane, Dec. 1830; the original White Cat in J. R. Planché’s extravaganza at Covent Garden, Easter 1842; played Lazarillo to James Wallack’s Don Cæsar de Bazan at Princess’s 8 Oct. 1844; played soubrettes in comedy at Lyceum; played Fortunio in Planché’s burlesque Fortunio at Sadler’s Wells 22 April 1851; acted the leading parts in Frank Talfourd’s burlesques at Strand theatre, May 1851 to May 1852; played at Princess’s under Charles Kean 1853–5; made her début in America at Burton’s theatre, New York 1856; first appeared in Philadelphia at National theatre 6 July 1857; returned to England 11 Sep. 1862; always known as Polly Marshall; _m._ Mr. Zerman. _d._ 1 D’Israeli terrace, Disraeli road, Putney 17 Nov. 1878. _The Era 24 Nov. 1878 p._ 5. NOTE.--Her brother Joseph Marshall, harlequin at Drury Lane theatre, afterwards ballet master at T.R. Manchester _d._ 30 Nov. 1873. MARSHALL, MATTHEW. First assistant cashier of Bank of England 1829–35, cashier 1835–64. _d._ Emersham house, Beckenham, Kent 30 June 1873. MARSHALL, THOMAS FALCON. _b._ Liverpool, Dec. 1818; contributed 4 pictures to Liverpool academy exhibition of 1836; removed to London about 1847; exhibited 60 pictures at R.A., 40 at B.I. and 42 at Suffolk st. gallery 1839–78; his best works are in South Lancashire; his picture The Coming Footstep 1847 is at South Kensington museum. _d._ 46 Victoria road, Kensington, London 26 March 1878. MARSHALL, THOMAS HORNCASTLE (3 son of rev. Thomas Horncastle Marshall, V. of Pontefract, Yorkshire, _d._ 1841 aged 84). _b._ Marston 1 March 1800; barrister G.I. 14 Nov. 1821, bencher Jany. 1850 to death, treasurer 1851; revising barrister for north Northumberland 1832; deputy judge and steward of Court of Honor of Pontefract; judge of county courts, circuit No. 14 (Dewsbury, Leeds, Pontefract and Wakefield), March 1847 to death; drew or suggested several sections of County Courts act 9 & 10 Vict. cap. 45 (1846); author of A letter to lord Brougham on county courts, writs of prohibition and certiorari 1855. _d._ St. Leonards 18 Feb. 1875. NOTE.--He libelled by means of a pamphlet an attorney at Leeds called Barret, for which a jury gave Barret 40/-damages at York assizes April 1856. MARSHALL, THOMAS WILLIAM (son of John Marshall, government agent for colonising New South Wales). _b._ 1818; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1840; P.C. of Swallowcliffe and Anstey, Wiltshire 1841–5; joined Church of Rome 1845; an inspector of schools 16 Dec. 1848; published Tabulated reports on Roman Catholic schools inspected in the south and east of England and in South Wales 1859; granted cross of order of St. Gregory by Pius IX. for his Christian missions, their agents, their method and their results 3 vols. 1862; lectured in the U.S. of America about 1873; LL.D. Georgetown college. _d._ Surbiton, Surrey 14 Dec. 1877. _J. Gondon’s Motifs de conversion de dix ministres Anglicans pp_. 20–37; _J. Gondon’s Conversion de cent cinquante ministres Anglicans pp._ 90–102. MARSHALL, WILLIAM (brother of James Garth Marshall 1802–73). _b._ 26 May 1796; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1824; barrister I.T. 6 Feb. 1824; M.P. for Petersfield 1826–30, for Leominster 1830, for Beverley 1831, for Carlisle 1835–47 and for East Cumberland 1847–68. _d._ 32 St. Georges road, Eccleston sq. London 16 May 1872. MARSHALL, WILLIAM (son of Wm. Marshall of Oxford, music seller). _b._ Oxford 1806; chorister of chapel royal, London; organist to Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1825–46, organist to St. John’s coll. Oxf. 1825–46; Mus. Bac. Oxf. 1826, Mus. Doc. 1840; organist of St. Mary’s, Kidderminster 1846 to death; published Three Canzonets 1825; Cathedral Services. Oxford 1847; author of The art of reading church music Oxford 1842; A collection of anthems used in the cathedral and collegiate churches of England and Wales 1840, 4 ed. 1862; edited with Alfred Bennett A collection of cathedral chants 1829. _d._ Handsworth, Birmingham 24 Aug. 1875. MARSHALL, WILLIAM. _b._ hamlet of Meadowmore, Perthshire 1807; ed. at Glasgow univ. 1820–2; minister of united secession church, Coupar-Angus, Perthshire 28 Dec. 1830 to death; edited The Dissenter, 12 monthly numbers Jany. to Dec. 1833; secretary of the Voluntary church association; helped to bring about union of relief and secession churches 1847; moderator of united presbyterian synod 1865; D.D. New York univ. June 1865 and Hamilton univ. July 1865; presented with £1500 by his friends 29 Oct. 1872; author of Men of mark in British church history 1875; Historic names in Forfarshire 1875; Historic scenes in Perthshire 1880. _d._ Coupar-Angus 22 Aug. 1880. _Mc Kelvie’s Annals of the United presbyterian church p._ 609. MARSHALL, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ 1793; entered Bengal army 1810; ensign 17 Bengal N.I. 12 June 1813, lieut. 1816; captain 35 N.I. 10 Oct. 1825, major 2 April 1834 to 4 Jany. 1841; lieut.-col. of 34 N.I. 4 Jany. 1841 to 1845, of 73 N.I. 1845–46, of 34 N.I. 1846–50, of 32 N.I. 1850–51; col. of 32 N.I. 15 March 1851 to 1861, of 3 N.I. 1861 to death; L.G. 23 July 1865. _d._ Southport, Lancashire 29 Jany. 1868. MARSHAM, HENRY SHOVELL JONES. _b._ 28 Jany. 1794; entered navy 17 May 1807; captain 24 Dec. 1833; retired R.A. 21 Oct. 1856; retired admiral 18 Oct. 1867. _d._ Hayle place near Maidstone 26 Oct. 1875. MARSHAM, ROBERT BULLOCK (eld. son of hon. and rev. Jacob Marsham, canon of Windsor 1759–1840). _b._ 17 June 1786; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1814, D.C.L. 1826; fellow of Merton coll. 1812–26, dean 1824, warden 1826 to death; barrister L.I. 20 May 1813; recorder of Rochester to 1826; contested univ. of Oxf. July 1852. _d._ Caversfield house near Bicester 27 Dec. 1880. _bur._ north transept of Merton college chapel 1 Jany. 1881. _I.L.N. lxxviii_ 37 (1881), _portrait_; _Law Times_, _lxx_ 161 (1881). MARSHMAN, JOHN CLARK (eld. son of Joshua Marshman, orientalist and missionary 1768–1837). _b._ Aug. 1794; went with his father to Serampur near Calcutta 1800; directed his father’s religious undertakings from 1812; started the first paper mill in India; founded with his father the first newspaper in Bengali, the Sumachar Durpun 31 May 1818, also the first English weekly paper The Friend of India 1821; spent £30,000 on the Serampur college for the education of natives; official Bengali translator to the government, resigned and returned to England 1852; chairman of committee of audit of East India railway; C.S.I. 8 Dec. 1868; contested Ipswich 1857, Harwich 1859 and Marylebone 1861; author of The history of India 1842, 5 ed. 1860; Marshman’s Guide to the civil law of the presidency of Fort William, translated into Urdu by J. J. Moore 2 vols. 1845–6, 2 ed. 1848; The life and times of Carey, Marshman and Ward, embracing the history of the Serampore mission 2 vols. 1859; The history of India from the earliest period to the close of Lord Dalhousie’s administration 3 vols. 1863–7, 2 ed. 1867. _d._ 2 Redcliffe sq. Kensington, London 8 July 1877. MARSON, JOB (son of Job Marson of Malton and Beverley, horse trainer). _b._ Belle Vue training stables near Malton, Yorkshire; won the St. Leger on Nutwith 1843, on Van Tromp 1847 and on Voltigeur 1850; won the Derby on Voltigeur 1850 and on Teddington 1851, beating 32 horses, being more than had ever before ran in the Derby; rode for lord Eglinton, lord George Bentinck and sir Joseph Hawley. _d._ Middleham 11 Sep. 1857. _Sporting Review_, _xxxiii_ 1–6 (1855), _portrait_, _xxxviii_ 238–40 (1857); _Rice’s History of the British turf_, _i_ 267 (1879); _I.L.N. xxii_ 417 (1853), _portrait_. MARSTON, CHARLES DALLAS. _b._ 1824; ed. at Eton and Caius coll. Camb., scholar, B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Hougham in Dover, Kent 1850–62; R. of St. Mary, Marylebone, London 5 July 1862 to 1866; R. of Kersall Moore near Manchester 1866–73; V. of St. Paul, Onslow sq. Kensington 1873 to death; author of Manual of the inspiration of scripture 1859; Expositions on the epistles 1865; Advent sermons 1865; The four gospels, their diversity and harmony 1866; Fundamental truths 1866; Victory and service, illustrated by sermons on Joshua 1871. _d._ East Sheen, Surrey 12 Aug. 1876. MARSTON, G., stage name of G. Marsh (dau. of John Baptiste Noel). _b._ Castle st. Oxford st. London, Feb. 1810; first appeared in public 18 Aug. 1826 as Annette in Blue Devils at Catherine st. theatre; played in the provinces to 1830; (_m._ 1830 Henry Marston 1804–83); lived in retirement 1830–44; played most of the old women’s parts in Phelps’s Shakespearean and other revivals at Sadler’s Wells 1844–59, her best parts were the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Pauline in A Winter’s tale and Dame Quickly in Henry the fifth; played Widow Green in The love chase at Haymarket 15 Oct. 1857, the Duenna Dorothea in Oxenford’s Monastery of St. Just at Princess’s 25 June 1864, and Madame Deschapelle in The lady of Lyons at Lyceum 16 Sep.