Thomas Parry (1794 – 16 March 1870) was a Welsh clergyman in the

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who rose to become

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from 1842 to 1869.

Background and education

He was born on 27 November 1794 the fourth son of Edward Parry, a clergyman in North Wales, who at that time was rector of

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. Parry was educated at

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, matriculating in 1812 and graduating first-class in mathematics and second-class in classics four years later. He was appointed a

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in 1818 and obtained a

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in the following year. He was made deacon in 1819 and ordained priest in 1820, both times by the

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Career

Parry became

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in 1825HM Yacht Herald'

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(London, England), Wednesday, April 06, 1825; Issue 16940 and was transferred to

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in 1840. Two years later, he was nominated to be the second

. On 24 August 1842, Parry was

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a bishop at

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. He held the See until 1869 when he returned to England following a breakdown in his health.

Family and death

In 1824, he married Louisa, third daughter of Henry Hutton, rector of

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He is the great grandfather of actor

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. Parry died on 16 March 1870 in Malvern,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, Thomas 1795 births 1870 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Archdeacons of Antigua 19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of Barbados 19th-century Welsh Anglican bishops