What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for Captain Marryat. Its recorded inscription reads: Captain Frederick Marryat, 1792 - 1848, novelist, lived here.
Captain Frederick Marryat was a British Royal Navy officer turned author, known for his semi-autobiographical sea novels that influenced the development of the maritime novel genre.
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