John Marshall (Royal Navy officer, born 1785)

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Sir John Marshall

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lieutenant in 1806 and was promoted to commander in 1812 while serving at the Siege of Riga. He was given a command on the East Indies Station and took passage there on HMS Java. Java was captured by USS Constitution in December and Marshall was unable to assume command. Subsequently released in a prisoner exchange, he was instead given command of HMS Shamrock in 1813. In December he was given command of a squadron of gunboats in the North Sea to assist in the attack and capture of Glückstadt
, which was completed on 5 January.

For his services in the

Cape of Good Hope Station
until 1845 and did not go to sea again. In March 1850 he was promoted to rear-admiral, but six months later he was badly injured in a fall from his carriage, dying on 30 September.

Naval career

Early career

John Marshall was born in 1785. He joined the

lieutenant.[Note 1][3]

The Raid on Batavia

Marshall sailed with Culloden for

Walcheren Expedition and continued to do so until its end in December.[3]

Aboukir subsequently joined the Baltic squadron of Rear-Admiral

brig-sloop HMS Procris in the East Indies.[3][6]

Command

Java is captured by Constitution

To travel to his new command Marshall took passage on board the 46-gun frigate

gun boats, with which he sailed up the Elbe to Glückstadt, where he was to support the advance of a Swedish force towards the town.[3][6]

After helping the bombardment of Glückstadt, Marshall and his squadron attacked the fortress guarding the town on 26 December. The action continued through the morning of 28 December when it was called off, the enemy fortifications not having been heavily damaged by the attack. The British enhanced their batteries with more cannon and launched another attack in cooperation with their Swedish allies from land and sea on 1 January, but this was also repulsed. Glückstadt was subsequently captured on 5 January 1814 after a day of negotiations with the town's governor.[9] Marshall received the thanks of Captain Arthur Farquhar, the over-all commander of the naval operations, for his services in the drawn out assault.[3][10]

On 9 January, having found much difficulty in navigating his ship through the ice surrounding the town, Marshall brought his force into the harbour where he captured a Danish flotilla consisting of a brig and seven gunboats that had been holed up there. Marshall was then sent by Farquhar to

Companion of the Order of the Bath.[3][11]

Later service

Having left Shamrock upon his promotion and the

Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order and a Knight Bachelor.[3]

The loss of the convict ship Waterloo

After over twenty-five years on land, Marshall was finally given a command at sea again on 18 August 1841, when he was sent to join the 44-gun frigate

pay off Isis at the start of the year.[3]

Retirement and death

On 27 March 1850 Marshall was promoted to rear-admiral.[Note 3][5] He lived by this time at Pen-y-Garthen, in Denbighshire, Wales.[15] Some time after his promotion, Marshall was badly injured in a fall from his gig and was taken to the house of Major-General Sir Charles Smith at Pendyffryn near Conwy. He died there on 30 September at the age of 64.[16] At the time of his death he was receiving one of the Royal Navy's good service pensions for officers.[17]

Family

Marshall married Augusta Eliza Wynne, the daughter of John Wynne of Denbigh and granddaughter of Samuel Parr, on 17 September 1828. Together they had three daughters:[3][18][10]

  • Frances Orris Marshall, married Martin Hadsley Gosselin, the son of Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin
  • Louisa Phillips Marshall, married Captain George Black of the Royal Canadian Rifles
  • Mary Marshall, married George Middleton, the son of Rear-Admiral Robert Gambier Middleton

Notes and citations

Notes

  1. ^ Syrett and DiNardo report that Marshall was in fact already a lieutenant by this point, having been promoted on 17 March 1806.[5]
  2. ^ Other lazarettos in use at the time included HMS Akbar, HMS Santa Margarita, and HMS Hannibal.[12]
  3. rear-admiral of the blue.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ a b O'Byrne (1849), p. 729.
  2. ^ "Captain's servant". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p O'Byrne (1849), p. 730.
  4. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 295.
  5. ^ a b c Syrett & DiNardo (1994), p. 300.
  6. ^ a b c d Marshall (1829), p. 390.
  7. ^ Marshall (1831), p. 251.
  8. ^ Marshall (1831), pp. 252–253.
  9. ^ Marshall (1829), pp. 390–392.
  10. ^ a b c Marshall (1829), p. 393.
  11. ^ H. M. Stationery Office (1850), p. 114.
  12. ^ a b Davies, J. D. (13 November 2014). "The Milford Haven Lazarette Ships". Britannia's Dragon – Welsh Naval History. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. ^ House of Commons (1843), pp. 4–8.
  14. ^ Hill (1844), pp. 93–95.
  15. ^ Wilson (1870), p. 753.
  16. ^ "Deaths". The Economist. London. 5 October 1850.
  17. ^ "Miscellaneous". The Spectator. London. 5 October 1850.
  18. ^ Biscoe (1876), p. 389.

References

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