PARRY, John Haydn (son of Dr. Joseph Parry of univ. coll. of South Wales, Cardiff). b. April 1864; musical instructor Harrow school; professor of London Guildhall school of music Sept. 1889 to death; composer of Gwen, a cantata produced by students of Guildhall school of music 1890; Cigarette, an opera, T.R. Cardiff 15 Aug. 1892, and Lyric theatre, London 7 Sept. 1892; Miami, a musical version of The green bushes, Princess’s theatre 16 Oct. 1893; O Lord abide with me, a song 1894. d. 87 Broadhurst gardens, West Hampstead, London 29 March 1894. bur. West Hampstead cemet. 2 April.
PARRY, John Humffreys (son of John Humffreys Parry, Welsh antiquary 1786–1825). b. London 24 Jany. 1816; employed in the printed-book department of the British Museum, engaged on the new catalogue Jany. 1839 to June 1843; barrister M.T. 9 June 1843, bencher 15 Nov. 1878 to death; obtained a large criminal practice; sergeant-at-law 9 June 1856, obtained patent of precedence 9 Feb. 1864; largely employed in compensation cases; leader of the home circuit; retained in the trials of Manning 1849, Muller 1864, Overend and Gurney 1869, the Tichborne claimant 1873–4, and Whistler v. Ruskin Nov. 1878; a founder of the Complete suffrage association 1842; contested Norwich 30 July 1847 and Finsbury 30 March 1857; edited The National association gazette, No. 1–28, 1841–2. d. 56 Holland park, Kensington, London 10 Jany. 1880. bur. Woking cemet. 15 Jany. M. William’s Leaves of a life (1891) 39, 50, 58, 90, 127, 141, 143, 181, 218; Law Times lxviii 211 (1880); I.L.N. lxxvi 85 (1880) portrait; Graphic xxi 93 (1880) portrait.
PARRY, John Orlando (only son of John Parry 1776–1851). b. London 3 Jany. 1810; first appeared as a vocalist at Hanover sq. rooms, London 7 May 1830; sang at the Antient and Philharmonic concerts, and at musical festivals; pupil of Luigi Lablache at Naples 1833; sang at St. James’s theatre in a burletta The Sham prince 29 Sept. 1836, and in Charles Dickens’s Village Coquettes 6 Dec.; sang at concerts and in the provinces 1842–9; produced an entertainment by Albert Smith entitled Notes, vocal and instrumental, at the Store st. music hall, Bedford sq. London 25 June 1850, gave another entertainment there The portfolio for children of all ages 17 Aug. 1852 to Aug. 1853; was mentally deranged some time; organist at St. Jude’s church, Southsea; gave musical monologues with Mr. & Mrs. German Reed at Gallery of illustration, Regent st. London 1860–9; wrote his own entertainments and composed his own music; received prizes for songs from the Melodists’ club; his farewell benefit at Gaiety theatre 7 Feb. 1877 realised £1,300; lost his 40 years’ savings 1877; author of Ridiculous things: scraps and oddities 1854; composer of Wanted a governess, a song 1840; Charming Chloe Cole 1854; Don’t be too particular 1868; Take a bumper and try 1874; his name is attached to upwards of 50 compositions. d. at his daughter’s residence Pembroke lodge, East Molesey, Surrey 20 Feb. 1879. bur. East Molesey cemet. 25 Feb. Theatrical times ii 201 (1847) portrait; Dramatic and musical review ii 541–3 (1843); Pascoe’s Dramatic List (1879) 253–5; I.L.N. iv 389 (1844) portrait; Illust. sporting news iv 657 (1865) portrait; Illust. sp. and dr. news x 572, 574 (1879) portrait; Life of Ignatz Moscheles i 289, ii 10, 107 (1873).
PARRY, Louisa (3 dau. of Henry Hutton, rector of Beaumont, Essex). Author of The young christian’s Sunday evening or conversations on scripture history, the Old Testament 1836, Second series, on the Four gospels 1837, Third series, on the Acts of the Apostles 1840; m. 1824 Rev. Thomas Parry 1795–1870.
PARRY, Sir Love Parry Jones- (eld. son of Thomas Jones of Lwynen, Denbighshire, who took surname of Parry 1780). b. London 28 Nov. 1781; educ. Westminster sch.; elected to Trin. coll. Camb. 1799; gentleman commoner Ch. Ch. Oxf. 8 May 1799; B.A. 1803, M.A. 1811; student at Lincoln’s Inn 1802; ensign 105 foot April 1794; captain 112 foot 30 Oct. 1794, placed on h.p. June 1795; captain 81 foot 9 July 1803; major 90 foot 28 Aug. 1804, placed on h.p. 16 June 1808; major 103 foot 5 Sept. 1811; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier during the war 1812–4; major 6 garrison battalion 1 Sept. 1814, placed on h.p. 1814; L.G. 9 Nov. 1846; knighted 1835; K.H. 1836; M.P. Horsham 1806, re-elected 1807 but unseated on petition; M.P. Carnarvon 1835–37; contested Shrewsbury 30 June 1841; sheriff of Anglesey 1840; chairman of quarter sessions of Carnarvon many years. d. Madryn park, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire 23 Jany. 1853. bur. in family vault, Llanbedrog church 1 Feb.
PARRY, Robert. b. Carnarvon Feb. 1804; a lecturer in the Principality; a Welsh bard of great renown; known as Robyn Ddu Eryri; received grant of £100 from Royal Bounty fund; author of Awdl ar etholiad, Arglwydd Newborough yn aelod seneddawl dros Swydd Caernafon 1826; Teithiau a barddoniaeth Robyn Ddu Eryri 1857. d. Ludlow, Salop Nov. 1892. bur. Ludlow 8 Nov.
PARRY, Sefton Henry. b. 1822; conducted dramatic performances at Cape Town 1859; travelled with a small company in various parts of the world; designed and built the Holborn theatre, which he opened with Boucicault’s drama The flying scud 6 Oct. 1866, lessee of the house until 1872; built the Globe theatre, which he opened with Byron’s Cyril’s success 28 Nov. 1868, lessee until 1871; built the Avenue theatre, which he opened with Offenbach’s Madame Favart 11 March 1882; proprietor of theatres at Hull and Southampton; wrote The bright future, a drama, produced at the opening of Grand theatre, Islington 4 Aug. 1883. d. Cricklewood lodge, Middlesex 18 Dec. 1887. bur. Old Willesden churchyard 24 Dec. E. L. Blanchard’s Life (1891) 283, 327, 364, 552, 613; Era 24 Dec. 1887 p. 14.
PARRY, Thomas (brother of John Parry of the Britannia theatre). b. 1806; first appeared at Covent Garden 22 Nov. 1830; he wrote Damp Beds, a farce, Strand May 1832; P.P. or the Man and the tiger, a farce, Adelphi 21 Oct. 1833; Meet me by moonlight, a farce, Olympic theatre; The lucky horse shoe or woman’s trials, a drama, Drury Lane 27 Dec. 1839; A cure for love, a comedy, Haymarket 29 Nov. 1842; Eugenia Claircille, a drama, Adelphi 17 Sept. 1846; The harvest home, a drama, Adelphi; The First night or my own ghost, a drama Princess’ 1 Oct. 1849. d. Pigott’s hotel, 166 Westminster bridge road, London 5 Dec. 1862. The Era 7 Dec. 1862 p. 11.
PARRY, Thomas (4 son of Edmund Parry, R. of Llanferras, Denbighshire). b. Llanferras 1795; educ. Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819; fellow and tutor of Balliol coll. 1816; R. of St. Leonard’s, Colchester 1817; archdeacon of Antigua 1824–40; archdeacon of Barbados 1840–2; bishop of Barbados 1842–69, consecrated in Westminster abbey 21 Aug. 1842; author of Parochial sermons preached in the West Indies, Oxford, 1828; A practical exposition of the epistle to the Romans 1832; The apostleship and priesthood of Christ: an exposition of the epistle to the Hebrews 1834; Ordination vows, a series of sermons 1846. d. Malvern 16 March 1870. bur. West Malvern. I.L.N. lvi 386, 643 (1870).
PARRY, Thomas Gambier (only child of Richard Parry, director of H.E.I.C.) b. 22 Feb. 1816; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1848; purchased estate of Highnam, near Gloucester 1838, which he raised from a small hamlet to an important parish; built and endowed Highnam church, adorned the walls with frescoes of his own designing, for which he invented and employed a process named by him spirit frescoe; painted from his own designs the frescoes on the six eastern bays of the roof of the nave of Ely cathedral 1862–5; painted frescoes in St. Andrew’s chapel, Gloucester cathedral; reported officially on Painting on glass in the Paris exhibition of 1867, and on Mosaic and glass painting in the London exhibition of 1871; founded and endowed in Gloucester the free hospital for children, the St. Lucy’s home for orphans, and the Gloucester schools of science and art; author of Spirit fresco painting, an account of the process 1880, 2 ed. 1883; The ministry of fine arts to the happiness of life 1886. d. Highnam court, near Gloucester 28 Sept. 1888.