Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall (15 November 1872[1] – 14 June 1945[2]) was an English railway historian, best known for his works on the
Southern Railway and its precursor companies; on the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway; and on early railways and locomotives to 1831. He was also a noted
philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps and
postal history of Great Britain.
Dendy Marshall's birth was registered at Brentford in the fourth quarter of 1872.[4] He was educated at
Hurstpierpoint and
Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] and trained as a barrister but never practised.[5]
He died at his home Chinthurst Lodge,
Wonersh, in Surrey on 14 June 1945.[2][5] His collection of railway documents and memorabilia was auctioned at Sotheby's on 13 November that year.[6]
Railway publications
Two Essays in early locomotive history: 1. The first hundred railway engines; 2. British locomotives in North America, London:
The Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd 1928.
One hundred years of railways: from Liverpool and Manchester to London Midland and Scottish, London and Derby:
London, Midland and Scottish Railway. 1930.
^Sotheby's & Co., "The Dendy Marshall railway collection. Catalogue of the well-known and extensive collection of books, autograph letters, prints and pictures, maps, pottery, porcelain and glass, etc. relating to railways and locomotive engines: the property of the late C.F. Dendy Marshall, Esq., M.A., M.I.Loco.Eng. Author of the centenary History of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, History of the Southern Railway, History of British railways to 1830, etc. (sold by order of the execuitors). Comprising early works on the steam engine, Gray's Chorographia, 1649; oil painting by Frith (The railway station), etc. The magnificent collection of railway medals and tokens. Many coloured aquatint and lithographic prints. A large collection on the Atmospheric railway, etc. Which will be sold by auction by Messers. Sotheby & Co. ... on Tuesday, the 13th of November 1945."