George Selwyn Marryat

George Selwyn Marryat was a country gentleman and British angler most noted for his relationship with F. M. Halford, Francis Francis and the development of dryfly fishing on the chalk streams of southern England. Upon his death in 1896, he became known as the Prince of Fly Fishers.

He was born George Selwyn Marryat onJune 1840 at Chewton Glen in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel George Marryat and Georgiana Charlotte Marryat . George was the nephew of Royal Navy officer and novelist Frederick Marryat.

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