Sir James Handyside Marshall- Cornwall (1887–1985) by Walter Stoneman, 1936 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cornwall, Sir James Handyside Marshall- (1887–1985)
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Cornwall, Sir James Handyside Marshall- (1887–1985), army officer and linguist
Leo Cooper and T. R. Hartman
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Cornwall, Sir James Handyside Marshall- (1887–1985), army officer and linguist, was born in India on 27 May 1887, the only son and elder child of James Cornwall, postmaster-general of the United Provinces, India, and his wife, Agnes Hunter. He was educated at Rugby School...