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.
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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 |
| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon, Vicar general and Coadjutor bishop of Barbados |
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| 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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| Education | Rugby School |
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Early life
editHe 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
editParry 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. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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
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