The Venerable Fitzherbert Adams Marriott (27 May 1811 – 19 October 1890) was an English clergyman, the first Archdeacon of
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
Town in
Tasmania
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Marriott was born in the
St Giles area of London and educated at
Oriel College, Oxford
Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...
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He was
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
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of
Cotesbach
Cotesbach is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District, Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The nearest town is Lutterworth, about to the north. Rugby is 6 miles south of the parish. The River Swift flows through the pa ...
before travelling to
Tasmania
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. He arrived there in 1843 with
Francis Russell Nixon
Francis Russell Nixon (August 18037 April 1879) was a British Anglican bishop who served as the first Bishop of Tasmania, Australia.
Early life and ministry
Nixon was the son of Robert Nixon, a priest and amateur painter of North Cray, Kent. N ...
, the first
Bishop of Tasmania, on board the
Duke of Roxburgh. Marriott was a close friend and supporter of the Bishop in his battles for supremacy with the Governor
Sir John Eardley-Wilmot. Marriott married Anne Schaw on 26 September 1848.
References
1811 births
1890 deaths
History of Hobart
Anglican archdeacons in Tasmania
19th-century Australian Anglican priests
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