John Houlton Marshall



John Houlton Marshall (b. 9 October 1768 Halifax, Nova Scotia, d. 2 May 1837  Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex) was a Nova Scotian who was a naval commander throughout the Napoleonic Wars. He was the son of Elias Marshall, master shipwright, of H.M. Careening Yard, Halifax.

Captain John Houlton Marshall entered the Royal Navy in 1778. J H Marshall was a Lieutenant serving on board the HMS Britannia, which he joined on 13 July 1804 and was at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. His share of the prize money was 65 pound 11s 5d plus a Parliamentary Award of 161 pounds.

JH Marshall was also first Lieutenant HMS Africa (1781) in 1810 and was promoted to Commander at a ceremony held on 21 October 1810 to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar.

He also survived the sinking on 19 May 1814 of the HMS Halcyon on reef rocks, Annatto Bay, Jamaica.

The portrait of Marshall which is now Province House (Nova Scotia) was given to the Nova Scotia Historical Society from the executors of Dr. Stirling, of Montreal, to be held in trust by the Society until called for, at such time as a naval college may be re-established in Canada.