Venerable Fitzherbert Adams Marriott (1811–1890) was an English clergy, the first Archdeacon of Hobart

Hobart

Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...

 Town in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. He arrived there in 1843 with Francis Russell Nixon

Francis Russell Nixon

Francis Russell Nixon was the first Bishop of Tasmania.Nixon was the son of Rev. Robert Nixon, an amateur painter. Nixon was educated at the Merchant Taylors school and St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA 1827 and subsequently MA and DD. He was chaplain at Naples and afterwards held the...

, the first Bishop of Tasmania, on board the Duke of Roxburgh. Marriott was a close friend and supporter of the Bishop in his battles for supremacy with the Governor Sir John Eardley-Wimot

John Eardley-Wimot

Sir John Eardley-Wimot, Bart, succeeded Sir John Franklin as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1843-1846....

. Marriott married Anne Schaw on 26 September 1848.