Henry Parry (bishop of Perth)

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This article is about the colonial bishop. For the English bishop, see Henry Parry (bishop of Worcester). For the Welsh priest and antiquarian, see Henry Parry (priest).
The Right Reverend

Henry Parry
Bishop of Perth
ChurchChurch of England
DiocesePerth
In office1876–1893
PredecessorMathew Hale
SuccessorCharles Riley
Previous post(s)Archdeacon, Vicar general and Coadjutor bishop of Barbados
Orders
Ordination1852 (as priest)
Consecration15 November 1868
Personal details
Born
Henry Hutton Parry

(1826-12-18)18 December 1826
Antigua
Died15 November 1893(1893-11-15) (aged 66)
Perth, Western Australia
DenominationAnglican
Parents
Spouse
  • Elizabeth Mary, née Thomas
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    ​
    (died 1877)​
  • Mary Suzanna, née Leake
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    (m. 1879)​
Children
  • 3 from first marriage
  • 3 from second marriage
EducationRugby School
Alma mater

Henry Hutton Parry (18 December 1826 – 15 November 1893) was a bishop of the Church of England. 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.

Early life

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He was born in Antigua, the second son of Thomas Parry and Louisa Hutton. Educated at Rugby School, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, (B.A., 1851; M.A., 1859), and the University of Durham (D.D., 1876).[2]

In 1884 he decided to open a Girls' College in Perth and he employed the Tasmanian teacher Amy Jane Best to be the headmistress. The Girls' College was a boarding school that was short-lived. His boarding school closed after four years because of finance. The now unemployed headmistress opened the Central School for Girls in the following year.[3]

Parry is noted as the driving force for the construction of St George's Cathedral, Perth,[2] which was consecrated on 15 November 1888 by the Bishop of Sydney, Alfred Barry. He died in Perth, Western Australia.

Family

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Parry was married to Mary Susannah Leake, eldest daughter of George Walpole Leake.[4]

References

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  1. ^ See M. L. Skinner, The Fifth Sparrow (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1972, p. 25).
  2. ^ a b Haynes, Mark (1974). "Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  3. ^ Tamblyn, M., "Amy Jane Best (1844–1932)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 9 November 2023
  4. ^ "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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