Fitzherbert Marriott
The Venerable Fitzherbert Adams Marriott (27 May 1811 – 19 October 1890)[1] was an English clergyman, the first Archdeacon of Hobart Town in Tasmania.[2]
Marriott was born in the St Giles area of London and educated at Oriel College, Oxford.[3] He was Rector of Cotesbach before travelling to Tasmania. He arrived there in 1843 with Francis Russell Nixon, 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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Geni
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Hart, P.R. (1967). "Marriott, Fitzherbert Adams (1811–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 2. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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