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. 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
He was born in
Antigua, the second son of
Thomas Parry and Louisa Hutton. Educated at
Rugby School
Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...
, he entered
Balliol College, Oxford, (B.A., 1851; M.A., 1859), and the
University of Durham
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charte ...
(D.D., 1876).
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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.
Parry is noted as the driving force for the construction of
St George's Cathedral, Perth,
[ which was consecrated on 15 November 1888 by the Bishop of Sydney, ]Alfred Barry
Alfred Barry (15 January 18261 April 1910) was the third Bishop of Sydney serving 1884–1889. Over the course of his career, Barry served as headmaster of independent schools, Principal of King's College London university and founded Angl ...
. He died in Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, Western Australia.
Family
Parry was married to Mary Susannah Leake, eldest daughter of George Walpole Leake
George Walpole Leake (3 December 1825 – 3 October 1895) was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake (1786–1849). For short periods of time he was also Attorney-General of Western Australia.
Leake held the fo ...
.
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1826 births
1893 deaths
Anglican bishops of Perth
Burials at East Perth Cemeteries
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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