Thomas Hay Marshall

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Marshall was elected for two terms as Perth's lord provost, serving from 1800 to 1802 and from 1804 to 1806. He was the first to begin serving two-year terms, it previously having been a role that was elected annually.The Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill · Volume 1, Samuel Cowan (1904), p. 375

In 1797, Marshall was initially a captain in the 90th Regiment of Foot, First Battalion, but was promoted to major of the Second Battalion,A Military History of Perthshire, 1660–1902, R.A. & J. Hay (1908), p. 192 then lieutenant colonel.A Military History of Perthshire, 1660–1902, R.A. & J. Hay (1908), p. 207 In 1798, as a member of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, he was stationed at Portsmouth Barracks.The monthly army list, corrected to ... May, 1798 (1798) He served alongside Thomas Black, who was shortly to become lord provost of Perth, and who died in office in the summer of 1798.

Marshall co-wrote The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, with information added by Henry Adamson. It was published posthumously of Marshall by John Fisher in 1849.The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Thomas Hay Marshall, Henry Adamson (1849) {{isbn|9781527705876}}

File:Rose Terrace.jpg building, which overlooks Perth's North Inch, is situated just over two miles to the northeast of today's structure. Marshall was involved in its design, and he lived a few yards to the left of this view]]

Marshall married Rosie Anderson on 6 February 1792.Scottish Record Society (1888), p. 89 The daughter of Thomas Anderson, owner of the Blackfriars land on which Perth is partly built, the Georgian street Rose Terrace, which overlooks Perth's North Inch, is named for her. The couple lived at the corner of Rose Terrace and Atholl Street.Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) {{isbn|9781398102262}} Their marriage was brief, Rose having had an affair with Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and a Dr Harrison. Marshall first "raised letters of inhibition" against his wife on 2 June 1796.The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424, W. Green (1908), p. 847 They divorced in November 1803,[https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff8c460d03e7f57ecce7d Mrs Rose Anderson, Wife of Thomas Hay Marshall, Merchant in Perth v. Thomas Hay Marshall, United Kingdom House of Lords (April 8, 1799)] – Casemine although it took two attempts due to Marshall's providing insufficient evidence of said adultery. Even while he was building his case, the defendant was sleeping with several officers, one of whom testified in court that he had "enjoyment of her person".Alienated Affections: Divorce and Separation in Scotland 1684-1830'', Leah Leneman (2019), p. 8 {{isbn|9781474470209}}

The proceedings gave way to several Scots ballads, including "Rosey Anderson":

{{blockquote|There was an Assembly into Perth, and Rosey she was there,

Lord Elgin danced with her that night, and did her heart ensnare,

Lord Elgin danced with her that night, she walked home on his arm,

Hay Marshall he came rushing in, in very great alarm.Vagabond songs and ballads of Scotland, Robert Ford (1899), p. 222}}

In 1805, Marshall purchased several properties in Glenalmond from John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, for £10,000.[http://www.stravaiging.com/history/castle/dallick-house/ Dallick House] – Stravaiging.com

Marshall died on 15 July 1808, aged 38.{{Citation |last=Douglas |first=Sheila |title=The Life and Times of Rosie Anderson |date=2003 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46nrm0.18 |work=The Flowering Thorn |pages=175–182 |editor-last=McKean |editor-first=Thomas A. |access-date=2023-09-05 |series=International Ballad Studies |publisher=University Press of Colorado |doi=10.2307/j.ctt46nrm0.18 |jstor=j.ctt46nrm0.18 |isbn=978-0-87421-568-7|url-access=subscription }} He lived alone at Whistlecroft on the eastern side of the River Tay.Scots Magazine (1808) He was also in debt, according to several sources. His remains were brought from his home, by his relatives and the Duke of Atholl, to the graveyard of the Church of the Friars Preachers of Blessed Virgin and Saint Dominic at Perth, known locally as Blackfriars.

Perth historian Thomas Hay Marshall (1808–1882) was named in Marshall's honour. It is also believed they were related.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=David Crawford |title=The Historians of Perth, and Other Local and Topographical Writers, Up to the End of the Nineteenth Century |publisher=J. Christie |year=1906 |pages=123}}

File:England and Scotland 216.jpg|Marshall Place, named for the provost

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