Thomas Parr (other)
Thomas Parr may refer to: *Old Tom Parr (reputedly 1483–1635), English supercentenarian who claimed to have lived for 152 years * Thomas Parr (MP for Westmorland) (1407–1461); English landowner, MP and under-sheriff of Westmorland *Thomas Parr (died 1517) (–1517), English courtier and father of Queen Katherine Parr * Thomas Parr (of Bencoolen) (died 1807), British resident in Bencoolen, commemorated in the Thomas Parr Monument *Thomas Johannes Lauritz Parr (1862-1935), Norwegian educator *Thomas Parr (slave trader) Thomas Parr (1769–1847) was an English slave trader who profited from the Atlantic slave trade. He invested in at least 30 slave voyages. One of the slave ships that he had built for the slave trade, ', exploded on her maiden voyage. A stree ...

Old Tom Parr
Thomas "Old Tom" Parr ( (reputedly) – 13 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years. A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads "Thomas Parr died at the age of 152 years 19 days 'sic'' "The old very old man or Thomas Parr, son of John Parr of Winnington in the Parish of Alberbury who was born in the year 1483 in Rayne of King Edward IV being 152 years old in the year 1635." The portrait was once in the collection of the Leighton family of Loton Park, which is in Alberbury. Biography Early life Records vary, but Parr was allegedly born around 1482 or 1483, although he may have been born as recently as c. 1565, in the parish of Alberbury; he lived in the small hamlet of Winnington in what is called now Old Parr's Cottage Shropshire. He existed and even thrived on a diet of "subrancid cheese and milk in every form, coarse and hard bread and small drink, generally sour whey," as the physician ...
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Thomas Parr (MP For Westmorland)
Sir Thomas Parr (1407 – November 1461Linda Porter. ''Katherine, the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII'', Macmillan, 23 Nov 2010. or 24 November 1464Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 565''Google eBook''/ref>) was an English landowner and elected Member of Parliament six times between 1435 and 1459. He was great-grandfather of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII. Ancestry The Parr family originally came from Parr, Lancashire. Sir Thomas's grandfather, Sir William de Parre (died 1405), son of Sir John de Parre, lord of Parr; married, in 1383, Elizabeth, daughter of John de Ros, and granddaughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Ros, Baron of Kendal. Biography Sir Thomas was the son of Sir John Parr of Kendal and Agnes Crophull (or Crophill) (c.1371/72-3 February 1436)Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011Google eBo ...
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Thomas Parr (died 1517)
Sir Thomas Parr (c. 1483 – 11 November 1517) of Kendal in Westmorland (now Cumbria), England, was a courtier and is best known as the father of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. Life Thomas was the son of Sir William Parr and Elizabeth FitzHugh. He descended from King Edward III of England through his mother, Elizabeth.James, Susan. ''Catherine Parr: Henry VIII's Last Love''. The History Press. 1 January 2009. Thomas's paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and Alice Tunstall. His maternal grandparents were Sir Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth Castle and Lady Alice Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury. The Earl and Countess were parents to "Warwick, the Kingmaker" who was influential in the War of the Roses. The 5th Earl of Salisbury was the son of Lady Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III. ...
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Thomas Parr (of Bencoolen)
Thomas Parr may refer to: *Old Tom Parr (reputedly 1483–1635), English supercentenarian who claimed to have lived for 152 years * Thomas Parr (MP for Westmorland) (1407–1461); English landowner, MP and under-sheriff of Westmorland *Thomas Parr (died 1517) (–1517), English courtier and father of Queen Katherine Parr * Thomas Parr (of Bencoolen) (died 1807), British resident in Bencoolen, commemorated in the Thomas Parr Monument *Thomas Johannes Lauritz Parr (1862-1935), Norwegian educator *Thomas Parr (slave trader) Thomas Parr (1769–1847) was an English slave trader who profited from the Atlantic slave trade. He invested in at least 30 slave voyages. One of the slave ships that he had built for the slave trade, ', exploded on her maiden voyage. A stree ...

Thomas Parr Monument
The Thomas Parr Monument (Indonesian: Tugu Thomas Parr) is a monument located in Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia and dedicated to Thomas Parr, the British Resident of Bengkulu who was killed in 1807. Constructed the year after his death, it is considered a cultural property of Indonesia. Location The Thomas Parr Monument is located along Ahmad Yani Street, in the Kampung Cina (Chinatown) subdistrict of Bengkulu City, Bengkulu. It is not far from the city center, and easily accessed. The monument is located approximately southeast of Fort Marlborough, the former British stronghold in the region. This location was originally near the buildings housing the British East India Company government and ruling council. However, since then the area has become predominantly commercial, with several shops and a post office located near the monument. Description The Thomas Parr Monument is octagonal in shape, covering a total area of . Three arched openings provide entrance, and six Tuscan o ...
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Thomas Johannes Lauritz Parr
Thomas Johannes Lauritz Parr (13 May 1862 – 12 August 1935) was a Norwegian educator and psychologist. He was born in Drøbak as a son of ship-owner Hans Henry Parr and Laura Jørgensen. In March 1897 in Bergen he married Helga Johanne Eide, a daughter of consul Ludolf Eide and sister of Egil Eide. The couple had the son Albert Eide Parr, a noted zoologist and oceanographer who married a daughter of Peder Hansen. Parr finished Kristiania Commerce School in 1877, worked in an office for four years and from 1882 to 1883 he studied for, and took, the examen artium. He enrolled at the Royal Frederick University, and after one year of studying theology he switched to philology and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1890. He was hired as a teacher at Tanks Upper Secondary School in 1892 and Bergen Cathedral School in 1900. He retired for health reasons in 1929. He was a modern pedagogical thinker for his time, and wrote prolifically in ''Samtiden'', ''Vor Ungdom'' and '' ...
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