John Marshall (MP for Leeds, died 1836)

John Marshall (28 December 1797 31 October 1836) was an English politician, the Member of Parliament for Leeds (18321835).[1] He was the second 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.[2] His eldest brother William was MP for Beverley,[3] Carlisle[4] and East Cumberland[5] and his next younger brother James Garth was a later MP for Leeds.[1] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 18421843.[2]

Marshall married Mary Dykes, daughter of Joseph Ballantyne Dykes from Cockermouth, Cumbria, and they had five children. Their youngest son Julian was a noted music and print collector and writer.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gilleghan, John (2001). "Marshall, John". Leeds: A to Z of local history. Kingsway Press. pp. 166167. ISBN 0-9519194-3-1.
  3. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  4. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  5. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  6. Searle, Arthur (September 2004). "Marshall, Julian (1836–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-07-17. (online available to subscribers; also in print)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Leeds
18321835
With: Thomas Babington Macaulay 18321834
Edward Baines 18341835
Succeeded by
Edward Baines
Sir John Beckett