Background
Marshall was born in Streatham, Surrey, a suburb of London. He was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Dublin and then joined his father"s wholesale newspaper business in Fleet Street.
Alderman publisher sheriff Mayor of London
Marshall was born in Streatham, Surrey, a suburb of London. He was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Dublin and then joined his father"s wholesale newspaper business in Fleet Street.
Trinity College; Dulwich College.
Horace Brooks Marshall Snr (1830–1896) pioneered the sales of books and publications on the railways. In 1902 he was Sheriff and was knighted on the occasion of Edward VII"s coronation. He became alderman for Vintry Ward in 1909.
He was Lord Mayor of London in 1918–1919.
Marshall was raised to the peerage in the 1921 New Year Honours as Baron Marshall of Chipstead, of Chipstead in the County of Surrey, the first sitting alderman of the City of London to be so honoured. Marshall received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Dublin in June 1902.
He was buried at Street Margaret"s, Chipstead. He had two daughters, the elder, Nellie, married J. Arthur Rank.
After his father"s death in 1896, Marshall succeeded him unopposed as member of the Court of Common Council of the City of London for Farringdon Without.