Joseph Marryat
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Joseph Marryat
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Joseph Marryat was a British politician. The son of Joseph Marryat, he was born in Grenada, where his father owned plantations worked by slaves. He followed his father in becoming a shipowner, banker and merchant, and inherited his father's estates and slaves. He joined the West India Committee, which opposed the abolition of slavery. At the 1826 UK general election, he stood as an independent in Sandwich. He won the seat, which had been represented by his father until 1824. In Parliament, he su
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