George William Marshall

George William Marshall, LL.D., FSA (1839–1905) was an English officer of arms, serving as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant from 1887 to 1904, and as York Herald from 1904 to 1905.

He served as High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1902,[1] and was the same year appointed a deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire.[2]

He compiled The Genealogist's Guide (first edition 1879; revised and extended editions 1885, 1893 and 1903), a directory of published genealogies, which remains a standard work of reference.

Works
  • Marshall, George W. (1903). The Genealogist's Guide. Guildford: Billing and Sons.

References
  1. "No. 27414". The London Gazette. 7 March 1902. p. 1625.
  2. "No. 27417". The London Gazette. 18 March 1902. p. 1891.
Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty		 Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
1887–1904		 Succeeded by
Gordon de Lisle Lee
Preceded by
Sir Henry Burke		 York Herald
1904–1905		 Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Cochrane
Honorary titles
Preceded by
James Louis Alexander Hope		 High Sheriff of Herefordshire
1902		 Succeeded by
Sir Joseph Verdin
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