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Sir Charles Marshall (1788 – 5 February 1873) was the sixth Chief Justice of Ceylon.

Marshall was the only son of Sergeant Marshall, a lawyer, and was educated at Westminster School. He matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1806, graduating B.A. in 1810, and M.A. in 1814. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1815.

Marshall was knighted in 1832 and appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon on 18 February 1833, succeeding Richard Ottley. In 1835 he fought a duel with Sir John Wilson, in command of British troops in Ceylon, which took place in the Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, once a plantation. He held the position until his resignation on 3 March 1836, when he was succeeded by William Norris.

Marshall produced the first book on Sri Lankan Law. He also published Term Reports Common Pleas and Marshall on Insurance.

He died at his London home in 1873. He had married Mary, the widow of John Cox.

References

1. ^ "Marshall, Charles (MRSL806C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. ^ Law Times, the Journal and Record of the Law and Lawyers, Volume 54. p. 297.
3. "Overview". Judicial Service Commission Secretariat. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
4. John Ferguson (1996) . Ceylon in the Jubilee Year (Repr. ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 254. ISBN 978-81-206-0963-1. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
5. Ceylon Handbook & Directory 1883–4 (PDF), at p. 155
6. Charles A. Gunawardena (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-932705-48-5.
7. Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years. Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 955599000X.

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• 1788 births
• 1873 deaths
• Lawyers from London
• People educated at Westminster School, London
• Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
• English barristers
• Chief justices of British Ceylon
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• 19th-century English lawyers