Marshall Stevens

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Marshall Stevens
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Born 18 April 1852
Plymouth, England
Died 12 August 1936
Devonport, England
Nationality English
Occupation Property developer
Spouse(s) Louisa Blamey
Parent(s) Sanders Stevens and Emma Ruth Marshall

Marshall Stevens (18 April 1852 – 12 August 1936) was an English property developer. His work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894, and he was appointed general manager of the Ship Canal Company in 1891. On 1 January 1897, Stevens resigned from the canal company to become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up by Ernest Terah Hooley to develop Trafford Park, the ancestral home of the de Trafford family, into what became the first and largest planned industrial estate in the world. He also served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1918 to 1922.[1]

Commemoration

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Memorial to Marshall Stevens

Stevens died in 1936 and was buried in St Catherine Church, Barton-upon-Irwell. Shareholders in Trafford Park Estates subscribed to pay for a memorial. A 22-ton block of Welsh granite with a bronze portrait medallion and inscription was designed and made by Ashton upon Mersey sculptor, Arthur Sherwood Edwards. It was unveiled at the junction of Trafford Park Road and Ashburton Road in October 1937.

In 1993, the memorial was relocated to Wharfside Promenade with the introduction of a new road layout. As the site became part of Imperial War Museum North, the memorial was put into temporary storage when construction work began on the museum. It is now in Trafford Park Village at the junction of Third Avenue and Eleventh Street.[2]

The memorial is inscribed:

Marshall Stevens
1852–1936
To whose foresight, energy and ability
the successful development of Trafford Park
as an industrial area is due.

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Notes

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Eccles
19181922
Succeeded by
John Buckle


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