Colonel Henry Marshall 9th Lancers 1831 - 1914
In loving memory of HENRY MARSHALL Colonel 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers.
Born April 22nd 1831, Died April 30th 1914.
“For as in Adam all die, Even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.”
…………………………….1.Cor.15.22.
No match on Picture Norfolk, the County Image Archive.
Possible birth and baptism………….
Registration of births with the Civil Authorities did not start until 1837, so the most likely source for this information comes from church records. His headstone tells us he was born on the 22nd April 1831, and the censuses for the adult part of his life, (1861 onwards), all show him as born Godalming, Surrey. But at this stage I could not find him on the earlier censuses and had no parent details for him.
Checking the church records I came up with a match so close that it would be easy to hope for either a transcription error or a mistake in the original entry. The baptism of a Henry Marshall, born 21st April 1831, took place at Godalming, Surrey on the 18th May 1831. His parents were George and Sarah Marshall.
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ1T-C8Y
Checking another source for baptismal information, it adds that the baptism took place at St. Peter and St. Paul. Godalming, that the family lived at Bridgefoot, and that the father George Marshall was a Timber Merchant.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58181731e93790eca374ce3...
1841 Census of England and Wales
Even armed with the baptismal information I could not find Henry on this census, but I could identify possible candidates for his parents. The details given on this census are very spare and some bits have to be inferred. Relationships between members of the household are not shown, ages for adults can be rounded up or down, (arbitrarily!) to the nearest multiple of 5, and birthplace information is restricted to in or out of the county. However, one of the household on Wharf, Godalming, consists of George Marshall, (52, Merchant, born in county), Sarah Marshall, (42, born in county), and Murray Marshall, (17, born in county). The other two people in the household have different surnames and so I suspect the most likely explanation is that they were servants.
1851 Census of England and Wales
There does not appear to be a match for Henry or his parents on this census.
Hart’s Annual Army List of 1875 lists Henry Marshall as the Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Regiment of Lancers and sets out his Military Career. He joined them as a Cornet on the 1st May1855, as a time when most promotions were via purchase rather than ability. He was promoted Lieutenant on the 17th September 1857 and purchased his Captaincy on the 1st July 1859. He went on to purchase a Majors’ rank on the 11th April 1868 before being promoted Lieutenant Colonel on the 27th June 1874.
His fighting career consisted of serving in the Crimea with the 17th Lancers from the 13th September 1855 to April 1856, (i.e. after Sebastopol had fallen), and also during the Indian Mutiny from 1857 to 1857, including the pursuit of Tantia Topee.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=quscAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA151&...
However another source has the 17th Lancers reposted to Ireland, and would sail from there for India as part of the reinforcements sent to quell the mutiny.
The 17th Lancers were to form part of the relieving force and set out in October of that year. It arrived at the tail end of the campaign but was immediately dispatched to deal with the rebel leader, Tantia Topi, still at large in Mahratta. The regiment would be involved in a pursuit of over a thousand miles of difficult terrain in the full blare of an Indian summer. They eventually caught up with Tantia Topi and 5,000 rebels at Mangrauli. The small British force dealt with the rebels easily enough but only for Tantia himself to escape again. The force continued to pursue him with the young Evelyn Wood earning a Victoria Cross after rescuing a rich landowner from a large band of robbers in the Sironj jungle.
The pursuit of Tantia Topi took nine months before a force that included the 17th Lancers eventually caught up with him at Baroda. It was here that the Lancers charged and smashed through a force of some 5,000 native cavalry. This battle broke Tantia's forces for good, but it still took a further pursuit to track him down in the jungle with the aid of informers. He was hanged for his involvement in the mutiny.
The 17th stayed in Central India for a year before being marched south to Secunderabad. They spent five peaceful years there before returning to England in 1865.
www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/1...
In May 1857 the Indian Mutiny broke out in Meerut with devastating effect. As a result reinforcements were sent from Britain and the 17th Lancers embarked for this task in October. The Regiment did not land in India until December and were not fit for service until May 1858. By this stage the mutiny was all but over, save for one of the mutineer leaders, Tantia Topi, who was still at large. In order to apprehend Tantia Topi and his followers General Michel was given a force of 1000 infantry, four guns and a squadron of 17th Lancers under Sir William Gordon. The pursuit of Tantia Topi lasted nine months and covered a distance in excess of 1000 miles, 500 of which were covered in a single month. It was during this pursuit that Lieutenant Evelyn Wood (who had transferred from the Navy to the 17th Lancers and was eventually to rise to the rank of Field Marshal) was awarded a Victoria Cross for single handedly attacking a squadron of mutineers from the Bengal Light Infantry. Tantia Topi's force was eventually defeated; he was captured and court-marshalled in April 1859. The regimental farrier-sergeant assisted in the hanging. The rope with which Tantia Topi was hanged is displayed in the Regimental Museum of The Queen's Royal Lancers. The 17th remained in India for a further five years before returning to England.
(Henry must therefore have been home on leave at the time of the 1861 Census).
Tantia Tope (1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. He was born as Ramachandra Panduranga to a Maratha Brahman family and took on the title Tope, meaning commanding officer.
A personal adherent of Nana Sahib of Bithur, he progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupied Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from the city. Later on, he came to the relief of Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi and with her seized the city of Gwalior. However, he was defeated by General Napier's British Indian troops at Ranod and after a further defeat at Sikar abandoned the campaign. He was executed by the British Government at Shivpuri on 18 April 1859.
After losing Gwalior to the British, Tope and Rao Sahib, nephew of Nana Sahib, fled into the Rajputana. He was able to induce the army of Tonk to join him. He was unable to enter the town of Bundi and though announcing he would go south in fact went west towards Nimach. A British flying column commanded by Colonel Holmes was in pursuit of him and the British commander in Rajputana, General Abraham Robert was able to attack the rebel force when they had reached a position between Sanganer and Bhilwara. Tope again fled from the field towards Udaipur and, after visiting a Hindu shrine on 13 August, he drew up his forces on the Banas River. They were defeated again by Roberts's forces and Tope fled. He crossed the Chambal River and reached the town of Jhalrapatan in the state of Jhalawar. He induced the state forces to rebel against the raja and was able to replace the artillery he had lost at the Banas River. Tope then took his forces towards Indore but was pursued by the British now commanded by General John Michel as he fled towards Sironj. He was still accompanied by Rao Sahib and they decided to divide their forces so that Tope could move to Chanderi, and Rao Sahib, with a smaller force, to Jhansi. However they combined again in October and suffered another defeat at Chota Udaipur. By January 1859 they were in the state of Jaipur and experienced two more defeats. Tope then escaped alone into the jungles of Paron.At this point he met Man Singh, raja of Narwar, and his household and decided to stay with them. Man Singh was in dispute with the maharaja of Gwalior and the British were successful in negotiating with him to surrender to them in return for his life and protection of his family from any reprisals by the maharaja. After this Tope was alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantia_Tope
1860 Marriage…………………………
Henry Marshall, a bachelor of full age, (i.e. over 21), and a Captain in the 9th Dragoons, was married at St Andrew and St Peter, Blofield on the 18th July 1860 to Alice Heath Jary, a spinster of full age.
The Groom’s parish was Exeter while the brides was Blofield. Henrys’ father was George Marshall – occupation “Esquire” and Alices’ was William Heath Jary, also “Esquire”. Witnesses were Henrietta Heath Jary and H. Marshall. Both bride and groom signed the register.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58182bb8e93790eb7f4cc38...
1861 Census of England and Wales
The 29 year old “Harry” Marshall, a Captain in the Army, born Godalming, Surrey, was recorded as the married head of the household at 12 Tongham Street, Seale, Surrey. He lives there with wife Alice H., (born Blofield, Norfolk). The household also runs to two live in domestic servants.
1871 Census of England and Wales
The 39 year Major Henry Marshall, 9th Lancers, born Godalming, Surrey and a married man was recorded in Barracks at the Depot in Farnham, Surrey.
His wife was staying with her brother William Jary Esquire, at Burlingham House, Burlingham St Andrew, Norfolk. Also staying in the household are William Jarys’ niece, Alice M. Marshall, (9, born Tongham, Surrey) and two of his nephews, Ernest T(?), (5, born Dundalk, Ireland) and Harold R, (9 months, born Hampton Court).
1874 – Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
London Gazette notification.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24112/page/3464/data.pdf
1879 Promotion to Colonel
London Gazette notification.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24739/page/4209/data.pdf
And move onto half-pay.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24739/page/4207/data.pdf
1881 Census of England and Wales
The 49 year old Henry Marshall, born Godalming, Surrey and a Colonel on Half Pay, was recorded as the married head of one of the households shown at 68 Marina, St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex. He lives there with wife Alice N(?), aged 49 and born Blofield, Norfolk, and their 19 year old unmarried daughter, Alice M., born Longham(?), Surrey.
1891 Census of England and Wales
The 59 year old Henry, a retired Colonel of Lancers and his wife Alice, (59), had now moved to 7 Lansdowne Place, Hove, East Sussex. Living with them is their unmarried son Harold R, aged 20 and born Hampton Court, Middlesex. The household is supported by 4 live in Domestic Servants.
1901 Census of England and Wales
Henry, (69, Colonel in Army), Alice, (69), and their unmarried son Harold, (29 – its not clear but also possibly an Army Officer although I suspect not of Colonel rank), along with a Ladys’ Maid were recorded as visitors at the Royal Exeter Hotel, Exeter Road, Bournemouth on the night of the census.
1911 Census of England and Wales
The Marshalls were now recorded living at Stanford House, Warrington Road, Ipswich. Henry, (79), gives his occupation as Retired Colonel in the Army. He and wife Alice Heath(?), (79) have been married for 50 years and have had 5 children, of which 3 were then still alive. Living with them is their 40 year old unmarried son Harold Ralph, whose occupation is recorded as “Gentleman”.
On the day………………………..
The death of a Henry Marshall, aged 83 was recorded in Ipswich in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1914.
The 1914 Probate Calendar records that Henry Marshall, of Stanford House, Ipswich, died on the 30th April 1914. Probate was granted at the London Court on the 20th June 1914 to Ernest Theodore Marshall, late Captain H.M. Army, Harold Ralph Marshall esquire and Oswald Percival Marshall, one of the Trinity House Brethren. His effects were valued at £33,986 15s.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Marshall&am...
(Thanks to inflation that’s about £2.75 million in 2018 money).
Colonel Henry Marshall 9th Lancers 1831 - 1914
In loving memory of HENRY MARSHALL Colonel 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers.
Born April 22nd 1831, Died April 30th 1914.
“For as in Adam all die, Even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.”
…………………………….1.Cor.15.22.
No match on Picture Norfolk, the County Image Archive.
Possible birth and baptism………….
Registration of births with the Civil Authorities did not start until 1837, so the most likely source for this information comes from church records. His headstone tells us he was born on the 22nd April 1831, and the censuses for the adult part of his life, (1861 onwards), all show him as born Godalming, Surrey. But at this stage I could not find him on the earlier censuses and had no parent details for him.
Checking the church records I came up with a match so close that it would be easy to hope for either a transcription error or a mistake in the original entry. The baptism of a Henry Marshall, born 21st April 1831, took place at Godalming, Surrey on the 18th May 1831. His parents were George and Sarah Marshall.
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ1T-C8Y
Checking another source for baptismal information, it adds that the baptism took place at St. Peter and St. Paul. Godalming, that the family lived at Bridgefoot, and that the father George Marshall was a Timber Merchant.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58181731e93790eca374ce3...
1841 Census of England and Wales
Even armed with the baptismal information I could not find Henry on this census, but I could identify possible candidates for his parents. The details given on this census are very spare and some bits have to be inferred. Relationships between members of the household are not shown, ages for adults can be rounded up or down, (arbitrarily!) to the nearest multiple of 5, and birthplace information is restricted to in or out of the county. However, one of the household on Wharf, Godalming, consists of George Marshall, (52, Merchant, born in county), Sarah Marshall, (42, born in county), and Murray Marshall, (17, born in county). The other two people in the household have different surnames and so I suspect the most likely explanation is that they were servants.
1851 Census of England and Wales
There does not appear to be a match for Henry or his parents on this census.
Hart’s Annual Army List of 1875 lists Henry Marshall as the Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Regiment of Lancers and sets out his Military Career. He joined them as a Cornet on the 1st May1855, as a time when most promotions were via purchase rather than ability. He was promoted Lieutenant on the 17th September 1857 and purchased his Captaincy on the 1st July 1859. He went on to purchase a Majors’ rank on the 11th April 1868 before being promoted Lieutenant Colonel on the 27th June 1874.
His fighting career consisted of serving in the Crimea with the 17th Lancers from the 13th September 1855 to April 1856, (i.e. after Sebastopol had fallen), and also during the Indian Mutiny from 1857 to 1857, including the pursuit of Tantia Topee.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=quscAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA151&...
However another source has the 17th Lancers reposted to Ireland, and would sail from there for India as part of the reinforcements sent to quell the mutiny.
The 17th Lancers were to form part of the relieving force and set out in October of that year. It arrived at the tail end of the campaign but was immediately dispatched to deal with the rebel leader, Tantia Topi, still at large in Mahratta. The regiment would be involved in a pursuit of over a thousand miles of difficult terrain in the full blare of an Indian summer. They eventually caught up with Tantia Topi and 5,000 rebels at Mangrauli. The small British force dealt with the rebels easily enough but only for Tantia himself to escape again. The force continued to pursue him with the young Evelyn Wood earning a Victoria Cross after rescuing a rich landowner from a large band of robbers in the Sironj jungle.
The pursuit of Tantia Topi took nine months before a force that included the 17th Lancers eventually caught up with him at Baroda. It was here that the Lancers charged and smashed through a force of some 5,000 native cavalry. This battle broke Tantia's forces for good, but it still took a further pursuit to track him down in the jungle with the aid of informers. He was hanged for his involvement in the mutiny.
The 17th stayed in Central India for a year before being marched south to Secunderabad. They spent five peaceful years there before returning to England in 1865.
www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/1...
In May 1857 the Indian Mutiny broke out in Meerut with devastating effect. As a result reinforcements were sent from Britain and the 17th Lancers embarked for this task in October. The Regiment did not land in India until December and were not fit for service until May 1858. By this stage the mutiny was all but over, save for one of the mutineer leaders, Tantia Topi, who was still at large. In order to apprehend Tantia Topi and his followers General Michel was given a force of 1000 infantry, four guns and a squadron of 17th Lancers under Sir William Gordon. The pursuit of Tantia Topi lasted nine months and covered a distance in excess of 1000 miles, 500 of which were covered in a single month. It was during this pursuit that Lieutenant Evelyn Wood (who had transferred from the Navy to the 17th Lancers and was eventually to rise to the rank of Field Marshal) was awarded a Victoria Cross for single handedly attacking a squadron of mutineers from the Bengal Light Infantry. Tantia Topi's force was eventually defeated; he was captured and court-marshalled in April 1859. The regimental farrier-sergeant assisted in the hanging. The rope with which Tantia Topi was hanged is displayed in the Regimental Museum of The Queen's Royal Lancers. The 17th remained in India for a further five years before returning to England.
(Henry must therefore have been home on leave at the time of the 1861 Census).
Tantia Tope (1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. He was born as Ramachandra Panduranga to a Maratha Brahman family and took on the title Tope, meaning commanding officer.
A personal adherent of Nana Sahib of Bithur, he progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupied Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from the city. Later on, he came to the relief of Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi and with her seized the city of Gwalior. However, he was defeated by General Napier's British Indian troops at Ranod and after a further defeat at Sikar abandoned the campaign. He was executed by the British Government at Shivpuri on 18 April 1859.
After losing Gwalior to the British, Tope and Rao Sahib, nephew of Nana Sahib, fled into the Rajputana. He was able to induce the army of Tonk to join him. He was unable to enter the town of Bundi and though announcing he would go south in fact went west towards Nimach. A British flying column commanded by Colonel Holmes was in pursuit of him and the British commander in Rajputana, General Abraham Robert was able to attack the rebel force when they had reached a position between Sanganer and Bhilwara. Tope again fled from the field towards Udaipur and, after visiting a Hindu shrine on 13 August, he drew up his forces on the Banas River. They were defeated again by Roberts's forces and Tope fled. He crossed the Chambal River and reached the town of Jhalrapatan in the state of Jhalawar. He induced the state forces to rebel against the raja and was able to replace the artillery he had lost at the Banas River. Tope then took his forces towards Indore but was pursued by the British now commanded by General John Michel as he fled towards Sironj. He was still accompanied by Rao Sahib and they decided to divide their forces so that Tope could move to Chanderi, and Rao Sahib, with a smaller force, to Jhansi. However they combined again in October and suffered another defeat at Chota Udaipur. By January 1859 they were in the state of Jaipur and experienced two more defeats. Tope then escaped alone into the jungles of Paron.At this point he met Man Singh, raja of Narwar, and his household and decided to stay with them. Man Singh was in dispute with the maharaja of Gwalior and the British were successful in negotiating with him to surrender to them in return for his life and protection of his family from any reprisals by the maharaja. After this Tope was alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantia_Tope
1860 Marriage…………………………
Henry Marshall, a bachelor of full age, (i.e. over 21), and a Captain in the 9th Dragoons, was married at St Andrew and St Peter, Blofield on the 18th July 1860 to Alice Heath Jary, a spinster of full age.
The Groom’s parish was Exeter while the brides was Blofield. Henrys’ father was George Marshall – occupation “Esquire” and Alices’ was William Heath Jary, also “Esquire”. Witnesses were Henrietta Heath Jary and H. Marshall. Both bride and groom signed the register.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58182bb8e93790eb7f4cc38...
1861 Census of England and Wales
The 29 year old “Harry” Marshall, a Captain in the Army, born Godalming, Surrey, was recorded as the married head of the household at 12 Tongham Street, Seale, Surrey. He lives there with wife Alice H., (born Blofield, Norfolk). The household also runs to two live in domestic servants.
1871 Census of England and Wales
The 39 year Major Henry Marshall, 9th Lancers, born Godalming, Surrey and a married man was recorded in Barracks at the Depot in Farnham, Surrey.
His wife was staying with her brother William Jary Esquire, at Burlingham House, Burlingham St Andrew, Norfolk. Also staying in the household are William Jarys’ niece, Alice M. Marshall, (9, born Tongham, Surrey) and two of his nephews, Ernest T(?), (5, born Dundalk, Ireland) and Harold R, (9 months, born Hampton Court).
1874 – Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
London Gazette notification.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24112/page/3464/data.pdf
1879 Promotion to Colonel
London Gazette notification.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24739/page/4209/data.pdf
And move onto half-pay.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24739/page/4207/data.pdf
1881 Census of England and Wales
The 49 year old Henry Marshall, born Godalming, Surrey and a Colonel on Half Pay, was recorded as the married head of one of the households shown at 68 Marina, St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex. He lives there with wife Alice N(?), aged 49 and born Blofield, Norfolk, and their 19 year old unmarried daughter, Alice M., born Longham(?), Surrey.
1891 Census of England and Wales
The 59 year old Henry, a retired Colonel of Lancers and his wife Alice, (59), had now moved to 7 Lansdowne Place, Hove, East Sussex. Living with them is their unmarried son Harold R, aged 20 and born Hampton Court, Middlesex. The household is supported by 4 live in Domestic Servants.
1901 Census of England and Wales
Henry, (69, Colonel in Army), Alice, (69), and their unmarried son Harold, (29 – its not clear but also possibly an Army Officer although I suspect not of Colonel rank), along with a Ladys’ Maid were recorded as visitors at the Royal Exeter Hotel, Exeter Road, Bournemouth on the night of the census.
1911 Census of England and Wales
The Marshalls were now recorded living at Stanford House, Warrington Road, Ipswich. Henry, (79), gives his occupation as Retired Colonel in the Army. He and wife Alice Heath(?), (79) have been married for 50 years and have had 5 children, of which 3 were then still alive. Living with them is their 40 year old unmarried son Harold Ralph, whose occupation is recorded as “Gentleman”.
On the day………………………..
The death of a Henry Marshall, aged 83 was recorded in Ipswich in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1914.
The 1914 Probate Calendar records that Henry Marshall, of Stanford House, Ipswich, died on the 30th April 1914. Probate was granted at the London Court on the 20th June 1914 to Ernest Theodore Marshall, late Captain H.M. Army, Harold Ralph Marshall esquire and Oswald Percival Marshall, one of the Trinity House Brethren. His effects were valued at £33,986 15s.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Marshall&am...
(Thanks to inflation that’s about £2.75 million in 2018 money).