See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK See also:

• FREDERICK MARRYAT (1792-1848)

MARRYAT (1792-1848)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English sailor and novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster on the loth of See also:

• JULY

July 1792 . He was the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MARRYAT, FREDERICK (1792-1848)

Marryat (physician, author of The See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

Philosophy of Masons, and writer of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse), and son of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Marryat, See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• GRENADA

Grenada, who wrote See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the Slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother was a Bostonian of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German extraction . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Marryat distinguished himself as a boy by frequently See also:

• RUNNING

running away to go to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea; and at last, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen, he was allowed to enter the See also:

• NAVY

navy . His first service was under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Cochrane (afterwards tenth See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DUNDONALD, THOMAS COCHRANE, 10TH EARL OF (1775-186o)

Dundonald) in the famous " Imperieuse," and no See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman ever had a livelier See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship to the sea . During his two and a See also:

• HALF

half years of service under Cochrane, the young midshipman witnessed more than fifty engagements, and had much experience of service on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, in the attack on the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron in the Roads (See also:

• APRIL

April 1809) and in the Walcheren expedition . Before the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of 1815 he had served in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and gained a wide knowledge of conditions of See also:

• LIFE

life on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board See also:

• SHIP

ship under various commanders . In 1815 he was promoted to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COMMANDER

commander . After holding various commands he commissioned the " Larne," 20, for the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies and was See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer at See also:

• RANGOON

Rangoon during the Burmese War from May to See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1824 . In_ the early See also:

• PART

part of the next See also:

• YEAR

year he commanded an expedition up the See also:

• BASSEIN

Bassein See also:

• RIVER

River, in which Bassein was occupied and the Burmese stores seized . His services were acknowledged by a nomination as C.B. in 1826 . He frequently received See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable mention for his behaviour in See also:

• ACTION

action, and in 1818 he received the See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Humane Society for " at least a dozen " gallant rescues .

Marryat's honours were not confined to gallant exploits . He adapted See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home See also:

• POPHAM, SIR HOME RIGGS (1762-1820)
• POPHAM, SIR JOHN (c. 1531-1607)

Popham's See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of signals to a code for the See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

Mercantile Marine, for which he was made F.R.S. in 1819, and received the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour from See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Philippe in 1833 . A pamphlet written to propose a substitute for the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• IMPRESSMENT

impressment in 1822 is said to have offended See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William IV . Marryat brought ripe experience and unimpaired vivacity to his See also:

• WORK

work when he began to write novels . See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank Mildmay, or the Naval Officer, was published in 1829, and The King's Own followed in 183o . The novels of the sea See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain at once won public favour . The freshness of the new See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field which was opened up to the See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination—so full of vivid See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights and shadows, See also:

• LIGHT

light-hearted fun, grinding hardship, stirring See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, heroic action, warm friendships, See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter hatreds—was in exhilarating contrast to the See also:

• WORLD

world of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical romancer and the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion-able novelist, to which the mind of the general reader was at that date given over . He had an admirable See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of lucid, See also:

• DIRECT

direct narrative, and an unfailing fund of incident, and of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, sometimes bordering on See also:

• FARCE

farce . Of all his portraits of adventurous sailors, " See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman Chucks " in See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• SIMPLE

Simple and " Equality See also:

• JACK

Jack " in Mr Midshipman Easy are the most famous, but he created many other types which take rank among the characteristic figures in English fiction . Marryat's first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was somewhat severely criticized from an See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic point of view, and he was accused of gratifying private grudges by introducing real personages too thinly disguised; and as he attributed some of his own adventures to Frank Mildmay he was rather shocked to learn that readers identified him with that disagreeable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The King's Own was a vast improvement, in point of construction, upon Frank Mildmay; and he went on, through a See also:

• QUICK

quick See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of tales, See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster (1832), Peter Simple (1834), See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Faithful (1834), The Pacha of Many Tales (1835), Japhet in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

Search of a See also:

• FATHER

Father (1836), Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), The Pirate and the Three Cutters (1836), till he reached his high-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of constructive skill in Snarley-yow, or the See also:

• DOG

Dog Fiend (1837) . The best of his books after this date are those written expressly for boys, the favourites being Masterman Ready (1841), The Settlers in See also:

• CANADA

Canada (1844), and The See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children of the New See also:

• FOREST

Forest (1847) .

Among his other See also:

• WORKS

works are The Phantom Ship (1839); A See also:

• DIARY

Diary in America (1839); 011a Podrida (184o), a collection of See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous papers; Poor Jack (1840); Joseph Rushbrook (1841); See also:

• PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES

Percival See also:

• KEENE
• KEENE, CHARLES SAMUEL (1823–1891)
• KEENE, LAURA (c. 1820-1873)

Keene (1842); See also:

• MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)

Monsieur See also:

• VIOLET

Violet (1842); The See also:

• PRIVATEER

Privateer's See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (1844) ; The See also:

• MISSION

Mission, or Scenes in See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa (1845); The Little See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

Savage (1848-1849), published posthumously; and Valerie, not completed (1849) . His novels See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form an important See also:

• LINK

link between See also:

• SMOLLETT, TOBIAS GEORGE (1721-1771)

Smollett and See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens . Captain Marryat had retired from the naval service in 183o, becoming See also:

• EQUERRY (from the Fr. ecuric, a stable, through its older form escurie, from the Med. Lat. scuria, a word of Teutonic origin for a stable or shed, cf. Ger. Scheuer; the modern spelling has con-fused the word with the Lat. equus, a horse)

equerry to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . He edited the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine from 1832 to 1835, and some of his best stories appeared in that See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper . He spent a See also:

• GREAT

great part of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, where he was very popular . He visited Canada during See also:

• PAPINEAU, LOUIS JOSEPH (1786-1871)

Papineau's revolt and the See also:

• UNITED

United States in 1837, and gave a disparaging See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• AMERICAN

American institutions in a Diary published on his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . While at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York he wrote a See also:

• PLAY

play, The Ocean Waif, or Channel Outlaw, which was acted, and is forgotten . His versatility is further shown by the fact that he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew rough caricatures and other sketches with some spirit . Some See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital snatches of verse are scattered throughout his novels, the best being " See also:

• POLL

Poll put her arms akimbo " in Snarleyyow, and the " See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter and the Maid " in Poor Jack . In 1843 he settled at See also:

• LANGHAM, SIMON (d. 1376)

Langham See also:

• MANOR

Manor, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk . He indulged in costly experiments in farming, so that in spite of the large income earned by his books he was not a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich man . He died at Langham on the 9th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1848, his See also:

• DEATH

death being hastened by See also:

• NEWS

news of the loss of his son by shipwreck .

His daughter, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence Marryat, herself a novelist, published his Life and Letters in 1872 . See also See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• HANNAY, JAMES (1827—1873)

Hannay, Life of Marryat (1889) . (D .