William Marshall (1796 β 16 May 1872) was a British politician.
He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield ( 1826β 1830), [1] for Leominster (1830β31), [2] for Beverley (1831β1832), [3] for Carlisle (1835β1847), [4] and for East Cumberland (1847β1868). [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.
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. [7] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842β1843. [6] Marshall's daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, was the mother of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice. [8]
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William Marshall (1796 β 16 May 1872) was a British politician.
He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield ( 1826β 1830), [1] for Leominster (1830β31), [2] for Beverley (1831β1832), [3] for Carlisle (1835β1847), [4] and for East Cumberland (1847β1868). [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.
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. [7] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842β1843. [6] Marshall's daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, was the mother of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice. [8]
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