George William Marshall
George William Marshall, LL.D., FSA (1839–1905[1]) was an English officer of arms, serving as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant from 1887 to 1904,[1] and as York Herald from 1904[1] to 1905.
He served as High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1902,[1][2] and was the same year appointed a deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire.[1][3]
He published Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach in 1866.[1] This was the first Comberbach surname study.[1]
He compiled The Genealogist's Guide (first edition 1879; revised and extended editions 1885, 1893 and 1903), a directory of published genealogies, which remains a standard work of reference.
Works
[edit]- Marshall, George W. (1903). The Genealogist's Guide. Guildford: Billing and Sons.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "George William Marshall - Cumberbatch.org". 29 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "No. 27414". The London Gazette. 7 March 1902. p. 1625.
- ^ "No. 27417". The London Gazette. 18 March 1902. p. 1891.
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Heraldic offices
Preceded bySir Alfred Scott-Gatty
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant 1887–1904
Succeeded byGordon de Lisle Lee
Preceded bySir Henry Burke
York Herald 1904–1905
Succeeded bySir Arthur Cochrane
Honorary titles
Preceded byJames Louis Alexander Hope
High Sheriff of Herefordshire 1902
Succeeded bySir Joseph Verdin
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