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 (1832–1835).[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 1842–1843.[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. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. Gilleghan, John (2001). "Marshall, John". Leeds: A to Z of local history. Kingsway Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-9519194-3-1.
  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.
  4. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  5. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  6. Searle, Arthur (September 2004). "Marshall, Julian (1836–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 July 2008. (online available to subscribers; also in print)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Leeds
1832 – 1835
With: Thomas Babington Macaulay 1832–1834
Edward Baines 1834–1835		 Succeeded by
Edward Baines
Sir John Beckett


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