Julia Anne Elliott (née Marshall; 1809–1841) was an English poet and hymnwriter. Elliott wrote little, but wrote well. With rarely an exception, Elliott's hymns bear the stamp of refined poetic taste, and all of them possess a deep religious feeling.
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Julia Anne Marshall was born at Hallsteads, Watermillock, Ullswater, England, in 1809. She was a daughter of the industrialist, John Marshall, Esq. He married Jane Pollard, daughter of William Pollard, a Halifax wool-stapler and linen-merchant. Her three spinster sisters (Ann, Catharine and Eleanor) moved to a house named Old Church, near Hallsteads, by 1829. Jane had met Dorothy Wordsworth while Dorothy was at school in Halifax, and there are references to visits to Hallsteads and Old Church in Dorothy and William Wordsworth's correspondence.
Marshall and Jane had eleven children. Their eldest son William was MP for Beverley, Carlisle and East Cumberland Their second son John was MP for Leeds 1832–1835, and third son James Garth held the same seat 1847–1852. The fourth son, Henry Cowper, was Mayor of Leeds 1842–1843.
In 1827, being on a visit with her father to Brighton, she worshipped at St. Mary's, of which the Rev. Henry Venn Elliott, the brother of Charlotte Elliott, was the Perpetual Curate. An acquaintance between the two was thus formed, resulting in their marriage, October 31, 1833. She greatly endeared herself, in this happy relationship, to the people of the parish, and especially to her husband's family. Charlotte Elliott, in particular, became ardently attached to her.