MARSHALL, George Turnbull. Calcutta 13.12.1803 — at sea, St.Ives Bay, Cornwall 10.12.1854. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of William Hodney Marshall and Frances Turnbull. Arrived c. 1830. Major 1847, Lieutenant-Colonel 1852. In 1838-52 Secretary of the College of Fort William in Calcutta (the last holder of this office before the closing of the College), in 1839-40 also of Sanskrit College. He was a friend of Īśvaracandra Vidyāsāgara, who after his death edited Kumārasambhava 9–17 from a manuscript brought by Marshall from South India in 1828. Married 1834 Margaret Louisa Turner (1818–1880), four daughters and two sons.
Publications: “Translation of an Inscription on Stone in the Asiatic Society’s Museum, marked No. 2”, JASB 6, 1837, 88-97, 1 pl.; “Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions”, JASB 6, 1837, 218-223.
– A Guide to Bengal: Being a Close Translation of Ishwar Chandra Sharma’s Bengallee Version of that Portion of Marshman’s ‘History of Bengal’, which Comprises the Rise and Progress of the British Dominion, with Notes and Observations. 4+159 p. Calcutta 1850.
Sources: Information collected from various sources and kindly given to my use in March 2019 by Marco Franceschini, with additions from from ancestry.com and from V.C.P. Hodin, List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834. Part 3. L. 1946.
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