John Marshall, Lord Curriehill
John Marshall, Lord Curriehill (1794–1868) was a Scottish judge and a Senator of the College of Justice. Life Marshall was born in Wigtonshire on 7 January 1794, the son of Marion, daughter of Henry Walker and John Marshall of Garlieston, Wigtonshire. His family moved to Edinburgh around 1805 where his father worked as a lawyer. They lived at 40 South Hanover Street, a newly built property in Edinburgh's New Town He studied law at the University of Edinburgh from around 1809. In November 1818 Marshall was called to the Scottish bar, and was made an advocate and he then built up an extensive practice, operating from 17 George Street near his family home. He purchased the estate of Curriehill, south of Edinburgh, in Midlothian around 1840. In March 1852 he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and on 3 November in the same year a judge of the Court of Session, with the title of "Lord Curriehill". His interlocutor in the Yelverton case was an example of his literary style. In 1846 he was living at 9 Fettes Row with his growing family. In October 1868 Marshall retired from office, and on 27 October a few days after