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Major-General '''George Frederick Leycester Marshall''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CIE}} (27 March 1843 [[Bridgnorth]], Salop – 7 March 1934) was the son of William Marshall (a clergyman) and his wife Louisa Sophia, also brother of [[Charles Henry Tilson Marshall|C. H. T. Marshall]] and uncle of [[Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall]]. He became a Colonel in the [[Indian Army]] and was a [[natural history|naturalist]] interested in the birds and butterflies of India. Marshall described several new species of butterflies, along with [[Lionel de Nicéville]], and discovered the [[white-tailed iora]], sometimes referred to as Marshall's iIora. He wrote ''The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon''. | Major-General '''George Frederick Leycester Marshall''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CIE}} (27 March 1843 [[Bridgnorth]], Salop – 7 March 1934) was the son of William Marshall (a clergyman) and his wife Louisa Sophia, also brother of [[Charles Henry Tilson Marshall|C. H. T. Marshall]] and uncle of [[Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall]]. He became a Colonel in the [[Indian Army]] and was a [[natural history|naturalist]] interested in the birds and butterflies of India. Marshall described several new species of butterflies, along with [[Lionel de Nicéville]], and discovered the [[white-tailed iora]], sometimes referred to as Marshall's iIora. He wrote ''The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon''. | ||
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