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Winston Marshall (born 7 December 1987 in Mortlake, London) is a British musician, best known for being a member of the Grammy Award winning British folk rock band Mumford & Sons.

==Music career==

Mumford & Sons
Marshall is one of the founding members of the band Mumford & Sons. He attended St. Paul's School in London. Later, he attended King's College School in Wimbledon and it was here that he met fellow band members, Ted Dwane & Ben Lovett. He primarily plays banjo and guitar within the group, but also sings backing vocals and plays the resonator guitar.

The band has two full length studio albums, Sigh No More (2009), which earned them a number of Grammy Awards nominations in 2010 and 2011 and won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2011, and Babel (2012) which won the band the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2013 the group won the Brit Award for Best British Group.

Other musical venture
Before being a member of Mumford and Sons, he was a member of Captain Kick and the Cowboy Ramblers, of which, Charlie Fink from Noah and the Whale, was in. Winston Marshall's co-members in Mumford and Sons, Marcus Mumford & Ted Dwane played the guitar and bass for Brit Awards winner Best Solo Artist Laura Marling.

Personal Life
Marshall's father is Paul Marshall, British investor and philanthropist. Winston also has an avid passion for football.