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.