John Marshall (industrialist)
John Marshall | |
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Briggate, Leeds, England | |
| Died | 6 June 1845 (aged 79) Hallsteads, Watermillock, England |
| Occupation(s) | Textile Industrialist Politician |
| Known for | Marshall's Mill Temple Works |
John Marshall (27 July 1765 – 6 June 1845) was a British businessman and politician from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Life
Marshall was born at 1,
Marshall joined the family business when he was seventeen. Five years later his father died and Marshall became the controlling partner in the company. He inherited a new house, a warehouse, and £7,500. Shortly before his father's death, Marshall heard that two men from Darlington, John Kendrew, a glass-grinder, and Thomas Porthouse, a watchmaker, had registered a patent for a new flax spinning machine. Marshall visited the men and purchased the right to make copies of their invention. He spent much of the next decade trying to improve the performance of the machines but found little success until he recruited engineer Matthew Murray.[citation needed]
In 1790, he bought the
In 1796, he was a partner (with Thomas Benyon, Benjamin Benyon, and Charles Bage) in building a flax mill at Ditherington near Shrewsbury, which was the first iron framed building in the world.[2]
Adjacent to Marshall's Mill, he built his most ambitious project:
Marshall was involved in the founding of the Leeds
In 1821 Marshall was appointed
Marshall's estate, after his death at Hallsteads in 1845, was assessed variously as between £1.5 million and £2.5 million.[1] He was buried in the church adjoining Hallsteads.[1]
Family
Marshall married Jane Pollard, daughter of William Pollard, a Halifax wool-stapler and linen-merchant. Her three spinster sisters (Ann, Catharine and Eleanor) moved to a house named Old Church, near Hallsteads, by 1829. Jane had met Dorothy Wordsworth while Dorothy was at school in Halifax, and there are references to visits to Hallsteads and Old Church in Dorothy and William Wordsworth's correspondence.[5]
Marshall and Jane had eleven children.
See also
References
- ^ . Retrieved 17 July 2008. (online available to subscribers; also in print)
- ^ A. W. Skempton and H. R. Johnson, 'The First iron frames' Architectural Review (March 1962); repr. in R. J. M. Sutherland, Structural Iron 1750–1850 (Ashgate, Aldershot 1997), 25–36.
- ^ Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 295.
- ^ "MARSHALL, John (1765-1845), of Headingley House, nr. Leeds, Yorks.; Hallsteads, Westmld. and 4 Grosvenor Square, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "The Old Church Hotel: History". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ^ ISBN 0-9519194-3-1.
- ^ "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.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L": Leeds". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Julia Anne Marshall Elliott". The Cyber Hymnal. Retrieved 17 July 2008.