James Marshall (colonial judge)
| James Marshall | |
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| 3rd Chief Justice of the Gold Coast | |
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In office 1880–1882 |
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| Preceded by | P. A. Smith |
| Succeeded by | N. Lessingham Bailey |
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| Born |
19 December 1829 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 9 August 1889 (aged 59) |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Young |
| Children | 1 son (Bernard), 1 daughter (Mary) |
Sir James Marshall (1829–1889) was a Scottish Anglican clergyman who converted to Roman Catholicism and became Chief Justice of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. He played a significant role in enhancing the growth of the Roman Catholic Church there and also in Nigeria.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, James Marshall, and his wife Catherine Mary Richmond, daughter of Legh Richmond, he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 19 December 1829. He lost his right arm as the result of an accident at the age of 16.
After taking a degree at Exeter College, Oxford he became a High Church Anglican minister in 1852 and was appointed curate in Trysull, near Wolverhampton. In 1854, he became curate at St. Bartholomew's Church, Moor Lane, in the parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London.
Marshall was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1857 but never became a Catholic priest.
In 1863 he was appointed classical master at Birmingham Oratory School, where he became a friend of Cardinal Newman.
Marshall studied law and was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1868. He practised law in Manchester where he helped to found The Catholic Times.
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