Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead
Lord Mayor of London (1865-1936)
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 also accompanied the Lord Mayor (Sir Joseph Dimsdale) on official visits to the English cities of Wolverhampton (July 1902), Bath and Exeter (September 1902).
He became alderman for Vintry Ward in 1909 and was the 591st Lord Mayor of London from 1918 to 1919. As Lord Mayor during the First World War victory celebrations, he was particularly prominent, being appointed to the Privy Council (entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable") in 1919 and appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1920 New Year Honours.
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