Background
MARSHALL, Joseph William was born on December 5, 1835 in Cambridge. Son of J. E. Marshall, solicitor.
MARSHALL, Joseph William was born on December 5, 1835 in Cambridge. Son of J. E. Marshall, solicitor.
Studied at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. Trinity College, Cambridge. Bachelor of Arts 1S5S.
Junior Optime. Was prominent in athletics at Cambridge, being in the cricket eleven in 1855, 1856, 1857, and winning the silver racquet in 1857. Was one of the committee that started the sports at Cambridge in 1857, and was second for the mile race and won the walking race.
Ordained to Curacy of Martley, Worcestershire, 1859. Senior Curate of St. Martin’s, Birmingham, 1862. Curate of Handsworth, 1863.
First incumbent of Trinity, Birclifield, 1864. Rural Dean of Handsworth, 1873. Vicar of St. John’s, Blackheath, 1875- 1609.
Introduced the system of Police Court Missionaries into the diocese of Rochester, 1877, and was the founder of the Blackheath and Charlton Cottage Hospital. V. D.; Honourable Canon of Rochester since 1900; Canon of Southwark since 1906.
Club: National.
Spouse 1864, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Canon Miller, D.D., Vicar of Greenwich, and Canon of Rochester.