Robert Bright Marston

Robert Bright Marston (standing) with his father Edward Marston, c. 1895 Robert Bright Marston (30 May 1853 – 2 September 1927) was an English angling enthusiast, publisher, and writer. He was the son of a partner of the publishing house Sampson Low, Marston and Co. and was involved in publishing books and edited the influential periodical Fishing Gazette (from 1878) for the angling community.

Life and work Marston was born at 36 Upper Park Street, Islington, the first child of bookseller-publisher Edward (1825–1914) and Mary, née Pratt (d. 1888). He went to school in Croydon and Bonn before going to Islington Proprietary School. He then became a clerk at his father's publishing company Sampson Low, Son & Marston. In 1881 he married Fanny (1856–1933), daughter of builder Joseph Preston and they would have four sons and three daughters. He became a partner in the publishing company of his father in 1883 and edited a Publisher's Circular from 1900 to 1926. He was also a newsagent for the publishing house of William Dawson and Sons.