John Marriott (British politician)

For other people named John Marriott, see John Marriott (disambiguation).

Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (17 August 1859 – 6 June 1945) taught modern history at Oxford University from 1884 to 1920. He was an Honorary fellow, formerly fellow, lecturer and tutor in modern History, of Worcester College, Oxford. He served as a Conservative member of Parliament for Oxford from 1917–1922 and for York from 1923–1929. During the course of his lifetime he wrote more than forty books on historical and political subjects, including Makers of Modern Italy (1889), England since Waterloo (1913), The Eastern Question: A Study in European Diplomacy (1917), The English in India: A Problem of Politics (1932), Castlereagh (1936) and The Tragedy of Europe (1941).

He was knighted in 1924.^[1]

Sources

The House of Commons

References

^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography, 1992

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Marriott

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Annesley	Member of Parliament for Oxford 1917 – 1922	Succeeded by Frank Gray
Preceded by John Butcher	Member of Parliament for the City of York 1923 – 1929	Succeeded by Frederick George Burgess

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Name	Marriott, John
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	17 August 1859
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Date of death	6 June 1945
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