John Marriott (British politician)

Sir John Marriott
Marriott in 1917
Member of Parliament for York
In office 6 December 1923 – 10 May 1929
Preceded by	John Butcher
Succeeded by	Frederick George Burgess
Personal details
Born	John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-08-17)17 August 1859 Bowdon, Cheshire, England
Died	6 June 1945(1945-06-06) (aged 85) Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, Wales
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Henrietta Robinson ​ (m. 1891)​
Children	1
Education	Repton School
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Occupation	Educationist historian MP

Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (17 August 1859 – 6 June 1945) was a British educationist, historian, and Conservative member of parliament (MP).

Marriott taught modern history at the University of Oxford from 1884 to 1920. He was an Honorary fellow, formerly fellow, lecturer and tutor in modern History, of Worcester College, Oxford. He was the Conservative MP for Oxford from 1917 to 1922, and for York from 1923 to 1929. After defeat in 1929, he retired from active politics.

During the course of his lifetime, Marriott wrote more than forty books on British and European history, as well as current political subjects. He was knighted in 1924.^[1]