Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead, (5 August 1865 – 29 March 1936) was an English publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919.

Early life

Marshall was born in

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, a suburb of London. He was educated at Dulwich College and

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, and then joined his father's wholesale newspaper business in

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. Horace Brooks Marshall Sr (1830–1896) pioneered the sales of books and publications on the railways. As Horace Marshall and Son, it became one of the largest such businesses in the United Kingdom.

Civic career

After his father's death in 1896, Marshall succeeded him unopposed as member of the Court of Common Council of the City of London for Farringdon Without. He was

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during the coronation year 1902, and was

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in the

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, receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at

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on 24 October that year. During his year as Sheriff, he also accompanied the Lord Mayor ( Sir Joseph Dimsdale) on official visits to the English cities of Wolverhampton (July 1902),

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and

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(September 1902). He became alderman for

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Ward in 1909. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1918–1919. As Lord Mayor during the First World War victory celebrations, he was particularly prominent, being appointed to the

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(entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable") in 1919 and appointed

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(KCVO) in the 1920 New Year Honours. Marshall was raised to the

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in the 1921 New Year Honours as Baron Marshall of Chipstead, of Chipstead in the County of Surrey, the first sitting alderman of the City of London to be so honoured. Marshall received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the

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in June 1902. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the

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, on 16 October 1918.''Army Lists'' He was buried at St Margaret's, Chipstead. His only son died in infancy and the barony thus became extinct upon his death. He had two daughters; the elder, Nellie, married

J. Arthur Rank Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was a British industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation. Family business Rank was born on 22 or 23 December 1888 at Kingston upon Hull in England into ...

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References

*Obituary, '' The Times'', 30 March 1936 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall of Chipstead, Horace Brooks 1865 births 1936 deaths People from Streatham People educated at Dulwich College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Publishers (people) from London Sheriffs of the City of London 20th-century lord mayors of London Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Barons created by George V