John Houlton Marshall

John Houlton Marshall (9 October 1768 in Halifax, Nova Scotia – 2 May 1837 in Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex) was a Nova Scotian who was a naval officer at the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic Wars.[1] He was the son of Elias Marshall, master shipwright, of H.M. Careening Yard, Halifax.[2][3]

John Houlton Marshall, Province House (Nova Scotia)

Career

Captain John Houlton Marshall entered the Royal Navy in 1778. J H Marshall was a lieutenant serving on board HMS Britannia, which he joined on 13 July 1804 and was at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. His share of the prize money was 65 pound 11s 5d plus a Parliamentary Award of 161 pounds.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; Britannia (left)

John Houlton Marshall was also first lieutenant on HMS Africa in 1810 and was promoted to commander at a ceremony held on 21 October 1810 to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar.

He also survived the sinking on 19 May 1814 of HMS Halcyon on reef rocks in Annatto Bay, Jamaica.

See also

References
  1. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NOVA-SCOTIA-SEAFARERS/2003-08/1060586048
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