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Marryat
Marryat or Marryatt is a surname. It may refer to: Marryat *Augusta Marryat (c. 1828–1899), British children's writer and illustrator *Charles Marryat (1827–1906), Dean of Adelaide from 1887 to 1906 *Emilia Marryat (1835–1875), English author children's books *Frank Marryat (1826–1855), sailor, artist, and author *Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), English Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens *Florence Marryat (1833–1899), British author and actress * George Selwyn Marryat (1840–1896), British country gentleman and angler * Horace Marryat (1818–1887), English traveller and author *Joseph Marryat (1757–1824), English businessman and British member of Parliament for Horsham *Thomas Marryat (1730–1792), English physician, medical writer and wit * Zephaniah Marryat (1684–1754), English nonconformist minister Marryatt *Arthur A. Marryatt Arthur Albert Marryatt (1873 – 23 November 1949) was a New Zealand sports administrator, who repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel ''Mr Midshipman Easy'' (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel ''The Children of the New Forest'' (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code. Early life and naval career Marryat was born in Great George Street, Westminster, London, the son of Joseph Marryat, a "merchant prince" and member of Parliament, as well as slave owner and anti-abolitionist, and his American wife, Charlotte, ''née'' von Geyer.J. K. Laughton, "Marryat, Frederick (1792–1848)", rev. Andrew Lambert, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004Retrieved 2 January 2016.Charlotte was a daughter of Frederick Geyer of Boston and one of the first women admitted to membership of the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilia Marryat
Emilia Marryat (October 1835 – 20 April 1875) was an author of English children's books. The third daughter of the author Captain Frederick Marryat and his wife, Catherine, she followed her father's example by infusing her adventure novels with moral lessons. Occasionally, she published under her married name, Emilia Marryat Norris. Biography Marryat was born in Devonport, Plymouth, England. Some of her novels, including ''Amongst the Maoris'' (1874), are set in the Pacific and New Zealand. ''Amongst the Maoris'' was the first novel to take the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island as a setting. Though two of her novels have Australian content, she is not known to have visited there. Marryat was the daughter of the Royal Naval officer and author Frederick Marryat and his wife, Catherine. In the 1851 England Census, the Marryat family is listed at 4 Cambridge Villas, Richmond, Surrey. Captain Marryat was renowned for his nautical novels, which include ''Mr Midshipman Easy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Selwyn Marryat
George Selwyn Marryat (20 June 1840 – 14 February 1896) was a country gentleman and British angler most noted for his relationship with F. M. Halford, Francis Francis and the development of dry-fly fishing on the chalk streams of southern England. Upon his death in 1896, he became known as the "Prince of Fly Fishers". Early life He was born George Selwyn Marryat on 20 June 1840 at Chewton Glen in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel George Marryat (1806–1871) and Georgiana Charlotte (née Selwyn) Marryat (1816–1860). George was the nephew of Royal Navy officer and novelist Frederick Marryat. In 1854, Marryat's family moved to Mapperton Manor, Dorset. In Dorset, on the River Frome at Maiden Newton, young Marryat learned to fish with the wet fly. He attended Winchester College from 1854 to 1858. Upon leaving Winchester, George gained a commission as a cornet in the Carabiniers on 16 March 1858. In October 1858, his regiment was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Marryat
Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. Her works include ''Love’s Conflict'' (1865), ''Her Father's Name'' (1876), ''There is No Death'' (1891) and ''The Spirit World'' (1894), ''The Dead Man's Message'' (1894) and ''The Blood of the Vampire'' (1897). She was a prolific author, writing around 70 books, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage. From 1876 to 1890, she had a performing career, at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment, together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas, comedies, comic opera with a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, her own one-woman show, and appearing as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer. During the 1890s, she ran a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Marryat (1757–1824)
Joseph Marryat (8 October 1757 – 12 January 1824) was an English West India merchant and banker, serving as an MP from 1808 until his death in 1824. He was a slave-owner and a strong opponent of abolitionism. Family Of Huguenot descent, his father was the medical writer and physician Thomas Marryat. Marryat's wife, the American Charlotte von Geyer (died 1854), was one of the first women admitted to membership of the Royal Horticultural Society, on the strength of her garden at Wimbledon House.J. K. Laughton, "Marryat, Frederick (1792–1848)", rev. Andrew Lambert, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004Retrieved 2 January 2016./ref> They lived in Sydenham, Kent, and at Wimbledon House, Surrey, and had 15 children, of whom six died young. His sons included Joseph Marryat (1790–1876), who like his father was the MP for Sandwich, serving from 1826 to 1834. Frederick Marryat became a Royal Navy officer and a noted novelist, while Horace Marryat became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Marryat
Thomas Marryat M.D. (1730–1792) was an English physician, known also as a medical writer and wit. Life Born in London, he was the son of Zephaniah Marryat, a nonconformist minister, and was educated for the Presbyterian ministry. From 1747 until 1749 he belonged to a late-night poetical club. It met at the Robin Hood, Butcher Row, Strand, London, and among the members were Richard Brookes, Moses Browne, Stephen Duck, Martin Madan, and Thomas Madox; members brought a piece of poetry, which if approved might be sent to the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' and other periodicals. It was at this club that the plan and title of the ''Monthly Review'', subsequently used by Ralph Griffiths, were brought up. Marryat gave up on the ministry, after a time at Southwold and Barnet, and left his family in 1760. He went to Edinburgh, where he was a medical student and graduated M.D. For a while he sought practice in London, but in 1762 made a tour of continental medical schools, and subsequently vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Marryatt
Tony Marryatt (born 1954) is a senior manager employed by local government in New Zealand. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Christchurch City Council, succeeding Lesley McTurk. He lost his position over the city council being stripped of its building consent accreditation. Professional career Marryatt served as the CEO of Hamilton City Council, New Zealand from 1996 to 2007. Marryatt's predecessor at Christchurch City Council, Dr Lesley McTurk, resigned in January 2007 to take up the CEO-role at Housing New Zealand. Marryatt's appointment as CEO in Christchurch was announced by mayor Garry Moore on 15 February 2007. Controversy Maryatt's local government tenure has not been without controversy. He has been held responsible for the loss-making Hamilton V8 Supercars event by his opponents, notably then-mayor of Hamilton David Braithwaite, who frequently clashed with Marryatt. In late 2011 he, along with the Bob Parker-led Christchurch City Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Marryat
Charles Marryat (26 June 1827 – 29 September 1906) was the Dean of Adelaide from 1887 until his death. Early life Marryat was born in London on 26 June 1827, the son of a former slaveholder in the British West Indies, Charles Marryat Sr. of Potter's Bar, Middlesex, who had been compensated part of £34,000 in the 1830s upon the emancipation of slavery, and Caroline Short, sister of Augustus Short, bishop of Adelaide. Marryat was educated at Eton and The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1852. Career After a curacy in Kent he emigrated to the colony of South Australia. After a further curacy at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide he became the incumbent at St Paul's, Port Adelaide; and then Christ Church, North Adelaide. On 8 August 1904 his golden wedding anniversary was celebrated at the North Adelaide Institute, attended by the Governor of South Australia, Sir George Le Hunte, the Bishop of Adelaide. John Harmer, and the Chief Justice, John Hannah Gordon. He twice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Marryat
Horace Marryat (1818–1887) was an English traveller, and author. Horace Marryat was a son of the businessman Joseph Marryat (1757–1824), Joseph Marryat (1757–1824). His father maintained extended holdings in the West Indies, and made a fortune from colonial goods. After his father died, being the youngest of the children in the family, he left England in the 1840s, setting out for his many travels. With his wife Mathilda Elisabeth Somerset, daughter of Lord Edward Somerset, Marryat spent time in France, Italy, and Denmark. In 1860, he published ''A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles and Copenhagen''. He went on travelling in Sweden, notably spending time at the manse of Johan Börjesson, preparing his subsequent travelogue (literature), travelogue. In 1862, he published ''One Year in Sweden'' (published 1862; Swedish translation 1863), based in his impressions and findings while staying with the family. In 1863, Marryat's daughter Ida married the Swedish Count , after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Marryat
Frank Marryat (1826–1855) was an English sailor, artist, and author. He was one of the sons of Captain Frederick Marryat. He joined the Royal Navy at 14 years old as midshipman and made a number of drawings during his service on HMS ''Samarang'' in the Far East in 1843. He planned to publish these without any accompanying text, but then added text from his own, and colleagues' journals to produce his first book in 1848. In 1850, he left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs. This provided the material for another book, published in New York in 1855, ''a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s: hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights, and an Englishman's bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields''. There is also a long and vivid description of the San Francisco Fire of 1851. He had returned to England in 1853, married, and prepared to return with his new bride to California that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zephaniah Marryat
Zephaniah Marryat (1684–1754) was an English Nonconformist minister. He was a strict Calvinist. Career Marryat was a tutor at dissenting academies funded by the King's Head Society. Between 1743 and 1744 he was a tutor at Stepney Academy; he then taught at Plaisterer's Hall Academy. At Plaisterer's Hall, he was the educator of Robert Robinson and Thomas Williams. Joseph Priestley was also sent to him, but Priestley 'resolutely opposed' the condition of subscribing every six months to 'ten printed articles of the strictest Calvinistic faith.' After Zephaniah Marryat suddenly died, John Conder filled his place as theological tutor in this academy, while Samuel Pike succeeded him as one of the Tuesday lecturers at Pinners' Hall. Personal life He was the father of Thomas Marryat. References Further readingMarryat, Zephaniah, D.D. in the ''Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Cyclopedia, cyclopaedia or cyclopedien is an archaic term for encyclo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta Marryat
(bapt. 23 September 1828 – 10 May 1899) was a British children's writer and illustrator, perhaps best known for her adventure novel ''Left to Themselves: A Boy's Adventure in Australia'' (1878) – later published as ''The Young Lamberts''. The novel is set in Australia, but she is not known to have ever visited the continent. Life Marryat was born in Fulham, Surrey, England, the daughter of Frederick Marryat and his wife Catherine (''née'' Shairp). Captain Marryat was a successful popular novelist and two of Augusta's sisters, Florence and Emilia, also became writers. Augusta wrote adventure fiction heavily infused with morality in her father's vein, and Florence was a prolific author of sensationalist novels who also acquired a reputation for hanging out with spiritual mediums. She died in Surrey in 1899. Selected works * ''Lost in the Jungle: A Story of the Indian Mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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