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Lord Marshall may refer to: * Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead (1865–1936), British publisher, newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London * Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall of Leeds (1915–1990), leader of Leeds City Council *Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring Walter Charles Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring (5 March 1932 – 20 February 1996) was a noted theoretical physicist and leader in the UK's energy sector. Early life The son of Frank Marshall and Amy Pearson, he attended the grammar school ... (1932–1996), British physicist and chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board * Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge (1933–2012), chairman and chief executive officer of British Airways See also * Lord Marshal (other) {{hndis, Marshall, Lord ...
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Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall Of Chipstead
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 Streatham, Surrey, a suburb of London. He was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Dublin, and then joined his father's wholesale newspaper business in Fleet Street. Horace Brooks Marshall Sr (1830–1896) pioneered the sale 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 a member of the Court of Common Council of the City of London for Farringdon Without. He was Sheriff during the coronation year of 1902, and was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours, receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year. During his year as Sheriff, he als ...
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Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall Of Leeds
Frank, FRANK, or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a Germanic people in late Roman times * Franks, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Aargau frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, ...
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Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall Of Goring
Walter Charles Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring (5 March 1932 – 20 February 1996) was a noted theoretical physicist and leader in the UK's energy sector. Early life The son of Frank Marshall and Amy Pearson, he attended the grammar school St Illtyd's Boys College (now St Illtyd's Catholic High School). He studied mathematical physics at Birmingham University and gained a PhD there under Rudolf Peierls. Career He joined the Theoretical Physics Division at AERE Harwell in 1954, succeeding Brian Flowers as Head of that Division in 1960 and becoming Director of AERE in 1968; he eventually was appointed Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 1981. CEGB As a champion of nuclear power, he was appointed, in 1983, to be chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board. He was also highly sceptical of fusion power, famously noting that "fusion is an idea with infinite possibility and zero chance of success." In 1989, with the government's plan to reorga ...
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Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall Of Knightsbridge
Colin Marsh Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge (16 November 1933 – 5 July 2012), was a British businessman and member of the House of Lords. Early and family life Marshall was educated at University College School, an independent school for boys in Hampstead, a suburb of North London. He left school at the age of 16 and did not receive any further formal education. In 1958, he married Janet Cracknell (later Lady Marshall), a fellow officer on the Orient Steam liner named the ''Ostrava''. They had one child, Joanna, born in 1960. He then fathered a second child in the United States while employed by Hertz. Business career His extensive experience in international business started in shipping in 1951 with Orient Steam Navigation Company, thereafter in vehicle rental and leasing for 23 years, initially with Hertz and then Avis, during which time he lived and worked in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. In 1971, he was appointed Executive Vice Pr ...
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