Thomas Parry (bishop)

Thomas Parry (1794 – 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 on 27 November 1794[3] the fourth son of Edward Parry, a clergyman in North Wales, who at that time was rector of Llanferres, Denbighshire.[4] Parry was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating in 1812 and graduating first-class in mathematics and second-class in classics four years later.[4][5] He was appointed a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford in 1818 and obtained a Master of Arts in the following year. He was made deacon in 1819 and ordained priest in 1820, both times by the Bishop of Oxford.[6]

Career

Parry's consecration

Parry became Archdeacon of Antigua in 1825[7] and was transferred to Barbados in 1840.[8] Two years later, he was nominated to be the second Bishop of Barbados. On 24 August 1842, Parry was consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey. He held the See 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 He is the great grandfather of actor Robert Hardy .[8] Parry died on 16 March 1870 in Malvern, Worcestershire.[4]

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. ^ "Photos of Thomas Parry - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ^ a b c Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Parry, John Humffreys or Humphreys (1786–1825), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1860, p. 27
  7. ^ HM Yacht Herald' The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, April 06, 1825; Issue 16940
  8. ^ a b 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 Bishop of Barbados
1842–1869 		Succeeded by