William Marshall (1796–1872) Explained

William Marshall (1796 – 16 May 1872) was a British politician.

He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield (1826–1830), for Leominster (1830–31), for Beverley (1831–1832),[1] for Carlisle (1835–1847),[2] and for East Cumberland (1847–1868).[3]

He was the eldest son of the wealthy industrialist John Marshall who introduced major innovations in flax spinning and built the celebrated Marshall's Mill and Temple Works in Leeds, West Yorkshire.[4] Their family name may have inspired the character of Richard Marshall in the 1968 film Witchfinder General, which is set in that area during the English Civil War.

A sister, Julia Anne Elliott, was a hymnwriter; she married Henry Venn Elliott, who was the brother of Charlotte Elliott, another hymnwriter. William's younger brothers John and James Garth were both MPs for Leeds.[5] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842–1843.[4] Marshall's daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, was the mother of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley. https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231549/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons3.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. usurped. 2008-07-17.
  2. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland). https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231318/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. usurped. 2008-07-17.
  3. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East. https://web.archive.org/web/20080928062603/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons6.htm. 28 September 2008. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. usurped. 2008-07-17.
  4. Book: Gilleghan, John. Leeds: A to Z of local history. Kingsway Press. 2001. 166–167. Marshall, John. 0-9519194-3-1. https://archive.org/details/leedsantozofloca0000gill/page/166.
  5. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds. https://web.archive.org/web/20090813003354/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons1.htm. 13 August 2009. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. usurped. 2008-07-17.
  6. Book: Burton, David Henry. Cecil Spring Rice: A Diplomat's Life. 1990. 22. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. 978-0-8386-3395-3.

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