Edmund Ian Marshall (born 31 May 1940) is a British

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and churchman.

Early life

Marshall was born in Manchester. He was educated at Humberstone Foundation School (also known as

Clee Grammar School for Boys Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, also known as the Matthew Humberstone School, Matthew Humberstone C of E School, Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, MHS and Matty, was a secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolns ...

for Boys, which became the comprehensive

Matthew Humberstone School Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, also known as the Matthew Humberstone School, Matthew Humberstone C of E School, Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, MHS and Matty, was a secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshi ...

in September 1973) on ''Clee Road'' in

Old Clee Old Clee is located in the Clee Road ( A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, to which it has historic links. It is in the Heneage ward of the North East ...

Cleethorpes Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, England with a population of 38,372 in 2020. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then develo ...

, and

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, where he took double first class honours in mathematics and was awarded a University Junior Mathematical Prize in 1961. Marshall gained a PhD from the

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in 1965. He became a mathematics university lecturer and a

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, also serving as Vice-president of the

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in 1992.

Parliamentary career

Marshall was a

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councillor on

Wallasey Borough Council Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral P ...

1963-65 and parliamentary candidate for

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

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, but joined the Labour Party in 1967. In a 1971 by-election, Marshall was elected as the

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(MP) for

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. From 1976 to 1979, he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, and as Chair of the Select Committee on Trade and Industry. As the Chair of the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, and as Chair of the Select Committee on the Channel Tunnel Bill, Marshall played a notable role in the development of

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project. He left Parliament in 1983, when the Goole constituency was abolished in boundary changes.

After Parliament

In 1985, Marshall transferred to the

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and subsequently became a member of the Liberal Democrats. He fought

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for the SDP in

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, coming second. In 2015 he became a Trustee of the Parliamentary Outreach Trust. From 1997 to 2007, he advised the

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matters, and from 2000 to 2015 was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. Marshall is the author of two published books: Parliament and the Public (Macmillan 1982) and Business and Society (Routledge 1993). From 1984 to 2000, he was a lecturer i
Management Science
at the

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Personal life

In 1969 he married Margaret Pamela Antill in

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. They have a daughter (born 1975). In 2019 he married Margaret Anthea Masding (née

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) in

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References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1966 & 1979 *
Yorkshire and the Humber Liberals Democrats website

External links

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