Wimbledon QF (1877) | Name Julian Marshall | |
Died November 21, 1903(1903-11-21) (aged 67)Hampstead, London, England | ||
Camp of Champions Session B 2009 Julian Marshall Production
Julian Marshall (24 June 1836 – 21 November 1903) was an English amateur musician, music and print collector, tennis player and writer.
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- Camp of Champions Session B 2009 Julian Marshall Production
- one the river from out of the darkness a chamber cantata by julian marshall
- Life
- Publications
- Family
- References
one the river from out of the darkness a chamber cantata by julian marshall
Life
Marshall was born in Headingley, Yorkshire to a flax-spinning family. His father, John Marshall had been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds. His grandfather was industrialist John Marshall, who was also an MP. Marshall attended Harrow School in London, before joining the family business. As a young man, Marshall started collecting prints, and later, music manuscripts. He was also a music writer and contributed work to the first edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Marshall codified the rules of real tennis in 1872. In 1873 he played an important early lawn match with William Hart Dyke and John Moyer Heathcote at Lullingstone Castle. By 1877 the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was proposing the first Wimbledon Championships, and a review of the rules was required. Marshall, with his fellow MCC commissioner Heathcote and Henry Jones of the All England club, laid down the rules that are little changed to this day, in time for the first Wimbledon tournament on 9 July 1877.
Marshall died on 21 November 1903 at Hampstead.
Publications
Family
Marshall married Florence Ashton Thomas on 7 October 1864. She was a musician and author of Handel (1883) and Life and letters of Mary W. Shelley (2 vols. 1889). One of their three daughters was Dorothy Marshall, who became a noted chemist.