Henry Hutton Parry (1826 - 1893)

Born 18 Dec 1826 in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Suzanna (Leake) Parry — married 15 Apr 1879 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1893 at age 66 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Henry Parry is Notable.

Henry Hutton Parry was a bishop of the Church of England. He was consecrated co-adjutor bishop in Barbados in 1868. He became the second Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, a position held from 1876 to 1893.

Henry Hutton Parry was born on 18 December 1826 in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, the son of Louisa Parry and Thomas Parry.^[1]

Henry was bishop of Perth, Western Australia. ^[1][2]

He was married to Elizabeth Mary Thomas.^[1] Their children were:^[3]

• Harry Ernest Parry (1856–1906)
• Alfred Edward Parry (1862–1930)
• Mary Edith Parry (1869–?)

Elizabeth died in November 1877.^[1]

Henry remarried on 15 April 1879, to Mary Suzanna Leake.^[1] Their children were:^[3]

• Theodore Hutton Parry (1880–1892)
• George Herbert Parry (1882–1951)
• Lionel Walpole Parry (1883–1954)
• Maude Louisa Rose Parry (1884?–1973)

Henry died on 15 November 1893.^[1] He died at Bunbury, Western Australia.^[4] He was buried in the East Perth Cemeteries.^[5]

The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians

PARRY, (Bishop) Henry Hutton, b. 18.12.1826, d. 15.11.1895. son of Thomas (Bishop of Barbados). Arr. possibly 26.5.1877 per Hastings. m. (1st) Elizabeth Mary THOMAS b. 1836 d. 11.11.1877 (Perth), m. (2nd) 15.4.1879 (Perth C/E) Mary Susanna ALEXANDER b. 14. 9.1851 (widow nee Leake). Chd. Henry Ernest b. 1856 (Barbados), Alfred Edward b. 1862 d. 1930. Mary Edith. (2nd wife), Theodore Hutton b. 1880 d. 1892 (drowned), George Herbert b. 1882 d. 1951, Lionel Walpole b. 1883, Maude Louisa Rose b. 1884. Ordained 1852. Early service in Anglican Church at Barbados from 1863. Bishop, Coadjutor in 1868 Bishop of Perth 1870. Successor to Hale (was not on good terms with J.G. Steere or Burt). Opened Bishop's Boys' College for theological students, also est. a Girls' School & College 1878, both financial failures. Initiated the building of the Anglican Cathedral. Educ. Rugby & Balliol, Oxford. Visited Eastern Australian & returned per Ravenna 15.11.1881. Visited Eastern Australia & returned per: Franklin 7.5.1884. To London 27.4.1886 per Sutlej. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mark Haynes, 'Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parry-henry-hutton-4368/text7103, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 23 November 2019.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Parry_(bishop_of_Perth).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Bishop Henry Hutton PARRY." 21 April 2017. Moondyne Family Tree. Retrieved 23 November 2019 by Clare Spring from http://www.moondyne.id.au/famtree/individual.php?pid=I8949&ged=moondyne.
4. ↑ 1893 'DEATH OF THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP PARRY, D.D.', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 16 November, p. 5. , viewed 18 Oct 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3054780
5. ↑ East Perth Cemeteries https://eastperthcemeteries.com.au/explore/stories-and-people/105-henry-hutton-parry.html
6. ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Vol 3, P, pg 2420. [compiled by Rica Erickson] https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary

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