Charles Marryat junior

Profile & Legacies Summary

1827 - 1906

Biography

Eldest son of Charles Marryat (q.v.) and his wife Caroline née Short. Born at Clarence Terrace, London, 1827. Attended Eton and Oxford. Moved to Sydney, Australia in 1852 after a brief incumbency in Kent. Lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia, 1853-1906. "Marryat became the doyen of the clergy. He was devout in a way that needed few of the externals of worship, was prominent in framing synodical regulations, and active in establishing the General Synod of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania."

Sources

T.T. Reed, 'Marryat, Charles (1827-1906)' in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/marryat-charles-7497 [accessed 20/11/2012].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Grace Montgomery

Children

6 daughters, 3 sons

School

Eton

University

Oxford (Queen's College) [1851 ]

Occupation

Clergyman

Religion

Church of England

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

Other

Australia: South Australia

Details

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Clergyman in Adelaide, South Australia. "Marryat became the doyen of the clergy. He was devout in a way that needed few of the externals of worship, was prominent in framing synodical regulations,...