The David Marshall Private Papers

David Saul Marshall (12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995) – Lawyer/politician/diplomat

David Saul Marshall was born on 12 March 1908, one of seven children of Saul Nassim and Flora Mashal. His parents were Sephardic Jews, and Marshall was brought up learning Hebrew and according to strict Jewish practices. The family name “Mashal” was anglicised to “Marshall”.

Marshall studied in several schools including St Andrew’s School and the Raffles Institution. He suffered from poor health in his youth and was sent to Switzerland for rehabilitation. There, Marshall studied French, and became intrigued by its literature and the French ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. Subsequently.... Click here to read more.

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