MARSHALL, William (1796-1872), of Patterdale Hall, Westmorland
JP Cumb. Westmld; Dep. Lt. Cumb.
JP Cumb. Westmld; Dep. Lt. Cumb.
PC 6 July 1859; commr. royal commission county courts, 1853 – 55; patent law 1862 – 64; neutrality laws, 1867 – 68, trades unions 1867 – 69, judicature 1867 – 74
KC 7 July 1834; bencher I. T. 1834, reader 1843, treasurer 1844; counsel for bank of England 1844; serjeant-at-law 1844; justice, common pleas 1844 – 46, queen’s bench 1846 – 59; chief justice, common pleas 1859 – 66
Fell. New Coll. Oxf. 1811 – 34, hon. DCL 1857, hon. fell. 1870 – d.; F.R.S. 1860
JP; Dep. Lt. high sheriff Cumb. 1860 – 61.
F.S.A. 1842
High sheriff Yorks. 1838; D.L. N. Riding Yorks. 1839; land tax commissioner Bucks. 1838.
Lord-in-waiting, 1863–6.
J.P.; dep. lt. Som.; J.P. co. Dublin.
Count of the Sacred Palace of the Lateran 1841.
FSA 1854; FRS 1858; pres. Royal Archæological Institute 1851 – 63, 1867 – d.; pres. RIA 1866 – 69; senate Royal University of Ireland; pres. Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland; pres. Anthropological Society; LL.D. (Dublin) 1866.
PC [I] 23 Dec. 1868.
Law adviser [I] 1861 – 65; sol.-gen. [I] 10 Feb. 1865 – 22 June 1866; att.-gen. [I] 21 Dec. 1868–12 Jan 1870; master of the rolls [I] 12 Jan. 1870 – Dec. 1883; jt. commr. of great seal Sept. – Dec. 1883; lord chan. [I] 11 Dec. 1883 – d.
QC 26 May 1858; 3rd sjt. 24 Oct. 1860; 2nd sjt. 21 Feb. 1861; bencher King’s Inns 1861 – d.
LL.D. honoris causa 1881.
President Law Debating Society.
Attorney to Bank of England 1812 – 40
J.P. Surr., Mdx.; Deputy Lieut. Mdx.; chairman Surr. q-sess.; high sheriff Surr. 1849–50.
FRS 10 Apr. 1834.
High sheriff Norf. 1832; Dep. Lieut. Norf.; JP Norf., Hamps.
F.R.S. Fell. Royal Botanic Society; Fell. Royal Agricultural Society.
JP Glamorgan; Dep. Lt. Glamorgan; high sheriff Glamorgan 1818.
Paving commr. Swansea 1809; freeman Swansea 1834; ald. Swansea 1835 – 41; mayor Swansea 1839 – 40.
Fell. Linnean Society 1800; F.R.S. 1804; Fell. Geological Society; Pres. Royal Institution of South Wales 1835 – d.