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'''James Garth Marshall''' (20 February 1802 - 22 October 1873) was an English [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician, the Member of Parliament for [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] (1847–1852).<ref name="ray-leeds">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons1.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> He was the third son of the wealthy industrialist [[John Marshall (industrialist)|John Marshall]] who introduced major innovations in flax spinning and built the celebrated [[Marshall's Mill]] and [[Temple Works]] in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]].<ref name="gilleghan">{{cite book|last=Gilleghan|first=John|title=Leeds: A to Z of local history|publisher=Kingsway Press|year=2001|pages=166–167|chapter=Marshall, John|isbn=0-9519194-3-1}}</ref> His eldest brother [[William Marshall (1796–1872)|William]] was MP for [[Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)|Beverley]],<ref name="ray-bev">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons3.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]<ref name="ray-carl">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> and [[East Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)|East Cumberland]]<ref name="ray-cumbe">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons6.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> and his next eldest brother, [[John Marshall (MP for Leeds, died 1836)|John]], was an earlier MP for Leeds.<ref name="ray-leeds"/> The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842-1843.<ref name="gilleghan"/> |
'''James Garth Marshall''' (20 February 1802 - 22 October 1873) was an English [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician, the Member of Parliament for [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] (1847–1852).<ref name="ray-leeds">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons1.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> He was the third son of the wealthy industrialist [[John Marshall (industrialist)|John Marshall]] who introduced major innovations in flax spinning and built the celebrated [[Marshall's Mill]] and [[Temple Works]] in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]].<ref name="gilleghan">{{cite book|last=Gilleghan|first=John|title=Leeds: A to Z of local history|publisher=Kingsway Press|year=2001|pages=166–167|chapter=Marshall, John|isbn=0-9519194-3-1}}</ref> His eldest brother [[William Marshall (1796–1872)|William]] was MP for [[Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)|Beverley]],<ref name="ray-bev">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons3.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]<ref name="ray-carl">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> and [[East Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)|East Cumberland]]<ref name="ray-cumbe">{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons6.htm|title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> and his next eldest brother, [[John Marshall (MP for Leeds, died 1836)|John]], was an earlier MP for Leeds.<ref name="ray-leeds"/> The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842-1843.<ref name="gilleghan"/> |
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Marshall bought the Monk Coniston estate, near [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]], [[Cumbria]], from the Knott family in 1835.<ref name="nt">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-conistontarnhows/w-coniston_tarnhows-history.htm|title=Coniston and Tarn Hows: a brief history|work=National Trust|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> He later created the celebrated landscape of [[Tarn Hows]] by constructing a dam to merge three existing small tarns into the present body of water, at the same time supplying water power to his sawmill in Yewdale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landscape-images.co.uk/tarnhows.htm|title=Tarn Hows - Lake District|work=Landscape Images|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> The estate was later bought by [[Beatrix Potter]] and eventually passed to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].<ref name="nt"/> |
Marshall bought the Monk Coniston estate, near [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]], [[Cumbria]], from the Knott family in 1835.<ref name="nt">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-conistontarnhows/w-coniston_tarnhows-history.htm |title=Coniston and Tarn Hows: a brief history |work=National Trust |accessdate=2008-07-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719031447/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-conistontarnhows/w-coniston_tarnhows-history.htm |archivedate=2008-07-19 |df= }}</ref> He later created the celebrated landscape of [[Tarn Hows]] by constructing a dam to merge three existing small tarns into the present body of water, at the same time supplying water power to his sawmill in Yewdale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landscape-images.co.uk/tarnhows.htm |title=Tarn Hows - Lake District |work=Landscape Images |accessdate=2008-07-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827191927/http://www.landscape-images.co.uk/tarnhows.htm |archivedate=2008-08-27 |df= }}</ref> The estate was later bought by [[Beatrix Potter]] and eventually passed to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].<ref name="nt"/> |
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James Garth Marshall wrote a pamphlet entitled ''Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform''.<ref>See {{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=James Garth |author-link=|year=1854 |editor-last= |editor-first= |contribution= |title=Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform |edition=2 |publisher= James Ridgway |publication-date=1854 |publication-place=London |url=https://archive.org/details/minoritiesmajori00marsuoft|accessdate=21 June 2014 }} via Archive.org</ref> |
James Garth Marshall wrote a pamphlet entitled ''Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform''.<ref>See {{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=James Garth |author-link=|year=1854 |editor-last= |editor-first= |contribution= |title=Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform |edition=2 |publisher= James Ridgway |publication-date=1854 |publication-place=London |url=https://archive.org/details/minoritiesmajori00marsuoft|accessdate=21 June 2014 }} via Archive.org</ref> |
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James Garth Marshall (20 February 1802 - 22 October 1873) was an English Liberal Party politician, the Member of Parliament for Leeds (1847–1852).[1] He was the third 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 eldest brother, John, was an earlier MP for Leeds.[1] The fourth brother, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds in 1842-1843.[2]
Marshall bought the Monk Coniston estate, near Coniston, Cumbria, from the Knott family in 1835.[6] He later created the celebrated landscape of Tarn Hows by constructing a dam to merge three existing small tarns into the present body of water, at the same time supplying water power to his sawmill in Yewdale.[7] The estate was later bought by Beatrix Potter and eventually passed to the National Trust.[6]
James Garth Marshall wrote a pamphlet entitled Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform.[8]
References
- ^ a b "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ a b Gilleghan, John (2001). "Marshall, John". Leeds: A to Z of local history. Kingsway Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-9519194-3-1.
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B": Beverley". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Carlisle (Cumberland)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C": Cumberland East". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ a b "Coniston and Tarn Hows: a brief history". National Trust. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Tarn Hows - Lake District". Landscape Images. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ See Marshall, James Garth (1854). Minorities and Majorities; Their Relative Rights. A Letter to Lord John Russell, M.P. on Parliamentary Reform (2 ed.). London: James Ridgway. Retrieved 21 June 2014. via Archive.org
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Garth Marshall
- Archival material at Leeds University Library
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