William Marshall (1796–1872)

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

He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield (1826–1830),[1] for Leominster (1830–31),[2] for Beverley (1831–1832),[3] for Carlisle (1835–1847),[4] and for East Cumberland (1847–1868).[5]

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.[6] 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.

His younger brothers John and James Garth were both MPs for Leeds.[7] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842–1843.[6] Marshall's daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, was the mother of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice.[8]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  3. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Gilleghan, John (2001). "Marshall, John". Leeds: A to Z of local history. Kingsway Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-9519194-3-1.
  7. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. Burton, David Henry (1990). Cecil Spring Rice: A Diplomat's Life. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8386-3395-3.
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