Career
He was particularly associated with the village of Selsley, Gloucestershire. Marling in 1850 purchased what became for a century the Marling family estate at Stanley Park, Selsley. His descendants lived there until the estate was broken up in the early 1950s.
The house is now converted into flats.
As well as a being a successful businessman Marling was a noted philanthropist. In 1882 he was created a Baronet, of Stanley Park and Sedbury Park in the County of Gloucester.
