and had commanded one of two boats under Lieut. O’Reilly at the capture of a French gun-vessel carrying troops to the relief of St. Antonio; besides having so successfully contributed to the defence of two valuable prizes against the attacks of a French and American privateer as to have induced Sir Edw. Tucker, at the time in temporary command of the Sdrveiklahte, to present him with a sum of money for the purchase of a sword. On leaving the Surveillante as above he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Challenger 18, Capts. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt) and Henry Forbes; to which vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated 24 Dec. 1813) he continued attached until Sept. 1815 – commanding her boats, during that period, at the destruction, by a force under Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, of a French squadron and flotilla in the river Gironde. He appears to have been in the same sloop when she brought the Prince of Orange over to this country on the eve of his intended marriage with the Princess Charlotte. His next appointment was, 25 July, 1818, to the Tartar 42, fitting for the broad pendant of his friend Sir G. R. Collier, Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa; where his conduct, in twice preserving life under circumstances of a very trying and hazardous nature, procured him a strong recommendation to the Admiralty. On the first occasion, a boat he had entered and had been hastening to lower having broken at one end from her holdings, he was precipitated into the water, and in his endeavour to save himself lost all the flesh off the inside of his hand. During his continuance in the Tartar (he did not leave her until 8 Oct. 1821) Lieut. Marsh succeeded in, her boats in capturing several heavy-armed vessels, and in one instance was nearly killed while in the act of firing a brass 4-pounder, which broke from its carriage, struck him on the head, and, passing over, severely wounded 2 of his men. He attained the rank of Commander 5 Jan. 1822; but was not again employed until 6 June, 1833, when he received a three years’ appointment in the Coast Guard. He went back to that service 11 July, 1837, and continued in it until posted, 1 Jan. 1842. In admiration of his intrepidity in putting off in a boat during a dark and stormy night in Nov. 1840, and rescuing the crew of the brig Otterton of Sunderland, wrecked on the beach between Blarshide and Black Rock, co. Cornwall, the Royal Humane Society presented Capt. Marsh with a gold medal. On the occasion of his last promotion he was requested by the officers of the Brighton district, over which he had been latterly presiding, to accept at their hands a pair of epaulettes, a compliment the existing regulations of the service compelled him to decline. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Marsh (the Senior of 1842) married Adelaide, youngest daughter of John Rowley, Esq., of the island of Tobago, by whom he has issue five children. Agents – Collier and Snee.
MARSH. (Commander, 1844.)
John Barling Marsh passed his examination in 1828; and was made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1830, into the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker on the South American station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in the summer of 1833. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Dec. 1834, as Senior, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Brunswick Popham, under whom he was for three years employed at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of Africa – and, 4 Nov. 1840, in a similar capacity, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey. In that ship, which was put out of commission at the close of 1843, he took part in the hostilities against China. He attained his present rank 20 May, 1844; but has not been since afloat. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
MARSH. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Richard John Marsh obtained his commission 12 Nov. 1824; and, from 21 Dec. 1825 until paid off, served in the Espiègle 18, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates, on the Jamaica station. He has not been since employed.
The Lieutenant is married and has issue.
MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Marshall entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1829; passed his examination 19 Dec. 1836; and was for several years employed on the North America and West India and Home stations as Mate of the Sappho 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne. His appointments (since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 7 July, 1843) have been, on the Cape of Good Hope station – 29 July, 1843, as Additional, to the Winchester 50, flagship of Hon. Josceline Percy – 16 June, 1845, to the Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly – and 1 May, 1847, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom he is now serving.
MARSHALL. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 21; h-p., 25.)
George Edward Marshall is the son of an old Commander in the R.N., who lost his health on the coast of Africa, and was from that cause, as well as from the effect of wounds, obliged to retire from active service. His brother, Lieut. Thos. Marshall, R.M., was killed in the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Feb. 1801, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. John Rennie, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in Yarmouth Roads; and became Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee, under whom he was wrecked, between Dunkerque and Gravelines, 29 March, 1802. During the five years which preceded his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Mr. Marshall, it appears, was employed on the Newfoundland and Channel stations in the Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, and Phoenix and Tribune frigates, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Baker. In the Falcon, at the commencement of the war, he assisted in taking possession of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon; and in the Phoenix was present, as Master’s Mate, in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action, 4 Nov. 1805; on which occasion he was sent on board one of the prize-ships to aid in navigating her into port. While serving in the Tribune, we find him contributing, 29 April, 1807, to the destruction, by that ship and the Iris, of the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels, passing from Ferrol to Bilboa under the protection of several gun-boats. He was also a participator in many boat affairs on the coast of France. On being promoted, as above, he joined the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, at the time in the Channel; and he was afterwards appointed – 18 Nov. 1808, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, under whom he served as First-Lieutenant at the capture of Martinique and the Saintes in 1809 – 25 June, 1810 (after seven months of half-pay), to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, attached to the force in the Channel – 17 Aug. following, and 27 April, 1811, to the Hannibal 74[1] and Royal George 100, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Williams off Lisbon and in the Channel – 2 Jan. 1812, to the Namur 74, as Signal-Lieutenant to the same officer as Sheerness – 4 April, 1813, to the acting-command, for nearly six weeks, of the Hasty 14, on the Baltic station – 5 Jan, 1814, again to the Namur, in his former capacity – 9 March ensuing, to the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, in which ship he was for about twelve months employed off Newfoundland – and, 4 June, 1821, as Senior, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. In the last-mentioned ship, which was paid off in No v. 1824, Mr. Marshall
- ↑ During the term of his servitude in the Hannibal, and while acting as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Williams, he was sent up the Tagus in command of a division of boats, and was on that river when Lord Hill crossed it in sight of the French army at Santarem.
