Henry Parry (bishop of Perth)
Henry Hutton Parry (18 December 1826 in Antigua – 15 November 1893 in Perth, Western Australia) was the second son of Thomas Parry and Louisa Hutton. He was consecrated co-adjutor bishop in Barbados in 1868.[1] He was translated to Perth to become the second Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Perth, a position held from 1876 to 1893. Educated at Rugby School, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, (B.A., 1851; M.A., 1859), and the University of Durham (D.D., 1876).[2]
Parry is noted as the driving force for the construction of St George's Cathedral, Perth which was consecrated on 15 November 1888 by the Bishop of Sydney, Alfred Barry.
Family[]
Parry was married to Mary Susannah Leake, eldest daughter of George Walpole Leake.[3]
References[]
- ^ See M. L. Skinner, The Fifth Sparrow (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1972, p. 25).
- ^ Haynes, Mark (1974). "Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 September 2015 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ "DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST". Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Western Australia. 4 October 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2020 – via Trove.
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