Background
The son of John Marshall, who in the premiership of Sir Robert Peel was government agent for colonising New South Wales, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1840.
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Thomas Marshall
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In 1847 he became the first inspector of Catholic Schools in Great Britain. He resigned in 1860 after a controversy due to a pamphlet he wrote critical of Anglican missionary work. He subsequently became an inspector of schools.
About 1873 Marshall made a lecture tour in the United States.
He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Georgetown University. Marshall died at Surbiton, Surrey, on 14 December 1877, and was buried at Mortlake.
Marshall married Harriet Dansey, daughter of William Dansey, Rector of Donhead Street Andrew in Wiltshire. She became a Catholic convert with him.
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Religion
Roman Catholic Catholic Church