Spry (family)

The Spry family has resided for many centuries at Place in the Cornish parish known as St Anthony in Roseland. There are a number of memorials in the church, St Anthony's. The Spry family settled in Cornwall in the early 16th century.

Some notable members

Sir Henry Spry (died 1627)
Arthur Spry, M.P. for St. Mawes (1612–1685)
William Spry, barrister of Middle Temple (born ca. 1663)
Sir Richard Spry, Rear Admiral of the Red (1715–1775) As Rear-Admiral of the White conferred Knighthood 24 June 1773 on board HMS Barfleur by King George III ^[1] Promoted Rear Admiral of the Red 31 March 1775^[2]
Thomas Spry, Admiral (died 1828) né Thomas Davy, Esq; Captain in the Royal Navy, and nephew of Sir Richard takes surname and arms of Spry April 13, 1779^[3]
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, M.P. for Bodmin, High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1849 (1804–1868)

Also descended from the Spry family of Cornwall are:

Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry (1730–1811), whose daughter Rebecca married Rear Admiral Jonathan Faulknor of the Faulknor family of naval officers
Lieutenant-General William Spry (1734–1802)
Major-General William Frederick Spry (1770–1814)

References

^ London Gazette 26 June 1773 Issue number: 11365 p:2
^ London Gazette 1 April 1775 Issue number: 11549, p. 1
^ London Gazette 10 April 1779 Issue number: 11969, p1

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[1] London Gazette 26 June 1773 Issue number: 11365 p:2

[2] London Gazette 1 April 1775 Issue number: 11549, p. 1

[3] London Gazette 10 April 1779 Issue number: 11969, p1

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