Charles Marshall (judge)

{{Short description|Sixth Chief Justice of Ceylon}}

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|term_start = 18 February 1833

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|successor = William Norris

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Sir Charles Marshall (1788 – 5 February 1873){{acad|id=MRSL806C|name=Marshall, Charles}} was the sixth Chief Justice of Ceylon.{{cite book|title=Law Times, the Journal and Record of the Law and Lawyers, Volume 54|page=297}}

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.{{cite web|title=Overview|url=http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en|publisher=Judicial Service Commission Secretariat|access-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019091817/http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en|archive-date=19 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite book|author=John Ferguson|title=Ceylon in the Jubilee Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPDd3IkOrSMC&pg=PA254|access-date=7 January 2013|edition=Repr.|date=1996 |orig-year=1887|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0963-1|page=254}}[http://historyofceylontea.com/files/Ferguson/pdf/1883-84/1883-84%20FERGUSON'S%20CEYLON%20DIRECTORY%20PART%20ONE.pdf Ceylon Handbook & Directory 1883–4 (PDF)], at p. 155{{cite book|author=Charles A. Gunawardena|title=Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWLQSMPddikC&pg=PA76|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-1-932705-48-5|page=76}}

Marshall produced the first book on Sri Lankan Law.{{cite book|last=Amerasinghe|first=A. Ranjit B.|title=The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years|year=1986|publisher=Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services|location=Ratmalana|isbn=955599000X}} 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.