Modern English biography

MARRIOTT, THOMAS BECKETT FIELDING. _b._ 25 June 1813; 2 lieut. R.A. 20 Dec. 1832, lieut.-col. 6 Jany. 1855, colonel 27 June 1863; col. on staff commanding R.A. in Ireland 1866–9; col. commandant 7 Aug. 1879 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Avonbank, Pershore 25 Nov. 1880. MARRIOTT, WHARTON BOOTH (7 son of George Wharton Marriott, barrister). _b._ 32 Queen sq. Bloomsbury, London 7 Nov. 1823; ed. at Eton 1838–43 and Trin. coll. Oxf., scholar 1843–6; Petrean fellow of Exeter coll. 30 June 1846 to 22 April 1851; B.C.L. 1851, M.A. 1856, B.D. 1870; select preacher at Oxf. 1868 and Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint 1871; an assistant master at Eton 1850–60; F.S.A. 30 May 1857, member of council 1871; edited The Adelphi of Terence with English notes 1863; Selections from Ovid’s Metamorphosis with English notes 1862, 2 ed. 1868; author of Vestiarium Christianum: the origin of the dress of holy ministry in the church 1868; The vestments of the church, an illustrated lecture 1869. _d._ Eton college 16 Dec.