Thomas Parry (bishop)

Thomas Parry (1795 – 16 March 1870) was a Welsh clergyman in the West Indies[1] who rose to become Bishop of Barbados from 1842 to 1869.[2]

Background and education

He was born the fourth son of Edward Parry, a clergyman in North Wales, who at that time was rector of Llanferres, Denbighshire.[3] Parry was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating in 1812 and graduating first-class in mathematics and second-class in classics four years later.[3][4] He was appointed a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford in 1818 and obtained a Master of Arts in the following year.

Career

Parry became Archdeacon of Antigua in 1825[5] and was transferred to Barbados in 1840.[6] Two years later, he was nominated to be the second Bishop of Barbados. He held this position until 1869 when he returned to England following a breakdown in his health.

Family and death

In 1824, he married Louisa, third daughter of Henry Hutton, rector of Beaumont-cum-Moze.[6] Parry died on 16 March 1870 in Malvern, Worcestershire.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 'ANTIGUA' [[The Morning Post-- (London, England), Friday, June 23, 1837; pg. 2; Issue 20750
  2. ↑ C. A. Harris, ‘Parry, Thomas (1795–1870)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 21 Oct 2017
  3. 1 2 3 Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Parry, John Humffreys or Humphreys (1786–1825), antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  4. ↑ Oxford honours, 1220–1894, being an alphabetical register of distinctions conferred by the University of Oxford from the earliest times. University of Oxford. 1894. p. 191. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  5. ↑ HM Yacht Herald' The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, April 06, 1825; Issue 16940
  6. 1 2 Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 103.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
William Hart Coleridge		 Bishop of Barbados
1842 – 1869		 Succeeded by
John Mitchinson
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