Henry Marshall (MP)

Sir Henry Marshall (1688–1754), of St. Mary at Hill, London and Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, was a British merchant and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754.

In 1738 he served on a committee of aldermen formed to submit their complaints against Spanish depredations to Parliament.

[2] In Parliament, he was one of the Tories who voted against the motion for Walpole's dismissal in February 1741.

In 1744 he became Lord Mayor of London, and during his term in 1745, he and Sir John Barnard 'industriously and artfully surprised the City' into voting a loyal address on the rebellion.

At the end of his mayoralty, he was appointed president of St Bartholomew's Hospital and received the thanks of the common council.