Horace Marryat (1818–1887) was an English traveller, and author. Horace Marryat was a son of the businessman

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(1757–1824). His father maintained extended holdings in the

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, and made a fortune from

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. 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

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, 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

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of Johan Börjesson, preparing his subsequent 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.Horace Marryat (1818–1887)
/ref> In 1863, Marryat's daughter Ida married the Swedish Count , after which Horace Marryat and his wife would spend their summers at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marryat, Horace 1818 births 1887 deaths English writers