About George William Marshall
Lived 1839 – 1905 (aged 65–66). George William Marshall was a British herald, lawyer and genealogist.
George William Marshall, LL.D., FSA (1839–1905 ) was an English officer of arms, serving as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant from 1887 to 1904, and was the same year appointed a deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire.
He published Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach in 1866. This was the first Comberbach surname study.
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.
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British officer of arms
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George William Marshall was born in 1839 in Birmingham.
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George William Marshall died in 1905 in London.
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