Second chambers

17 August 1859 – 6 June 1945

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.