Researching George Parry
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Parry on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Parry and the Parry Family Tree
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Parry Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called George Parry
George Herbert Parry
George Herbert Parry (February 1882 - 12 February 1951) was a Western Australian architect. He was born in Perth, the son of the second Anglican Bishop of Perth, Henry Hutton Parry. Parry was educated in Perth and later at St Edmund's School in Canterbury, England. He worked in London as an architect before returning to Perth in 1907 when he joined the Public Works Department. A year later he left to join the partnership of Cavanagh and Cavanagh in Perth and in 1911 Parry established his own practice. His particular interest was in ecclesiastical work and he designed numerous churches in Western Australia. Parry was joined in practice by Marshall Clifton in 1929 and again from 1933 to 1937.
Notable buildings designed by Parry include:*The Chapel of the Guardian Angel, built 1937, part of Sister's Kate's Children's Home, Queens Park, Perth*St Mary's Anglican Church, South Perth, Perth*St Cuthbert's Anglican Church, Darlington, Perth*Burt Memorial Hall, St Georges Terrace, Perth
Source: George Herbert Parry, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Parry (MP)
Sir George Parry (16001660) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 until 1644.
Parry was probably the son of Henry Parry, Bishop of Worcester and matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 14 March 1617 aged 16. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1616 and was awarded BA at Oxford in 1619. He became a Fellow at Cambridge in 1619 and was awarded LLd from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1628. He was admitted advocate on 3 November 1628 and became Recorder of Exeter.
In April 1640, Parry was elected Member of Parliament for St Mawes for the Short Parliament and was returned in November for the Long Parliament. Parry supported King Charles I and was knighted on 12 May 1644. He was disabled from Parliament in the same year.
Parry later lived in the City of London and died around 1670, as administration was then granted to his son Suetonius.
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