Henry Parry (bishop of Perth)
Henry Parry | |
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| Bishop of Perth | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Perth |
| In office | 1876–1893 |
| Predecessor | Mathew Hale |
| Successor | Charles Riley |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1852 (as priest) |
| Consecration | 15 November 1868 |
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| Born | Henry Hutton Parry 18 December 1826 |
| Died | 15 November 1893 (aged 66) Perth, Western Australia |
| Denomination | Anglican |
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| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon, Vicar general and Coadjutor bishop of Barbados |
| Education | Rugby School |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Parry was married to Mary Susannah Leake, eldest daughter of George Walpole Leake.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ See M. L. Skinner, The Fifth Sparrow (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1972, p. 25).
- ^ a b Haynes, Mark (1974). "Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Tamblyn, M., "Amy Jane Best (1844–1932)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 9 November 2023
- ^ "DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST". Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Western Australia. 4 October 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2020 – via Trove.
Further reading[edit]
- Alexander, Fred, ed. (1957). Four Bishops and Their See: Perth, Western Australia, 1857-1957. Crawley, WA: University of Western Australia Press. OCLC 12558757.
External links[edit]
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