William Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1705)

Admiral William Parry (1705 – 29 April 1779) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

William Parry
William Parry
Born	1705
Died	29 April 1779
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Kingston Jamaica Station Leeward Islands Station
Battles/wars	Seven Years’ War

Naval career

Promoted to post captain on 1 October 1744, Parry was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Kingston in February 1755 and saw action at the Battle of Minorca in May 1756 during the Seven Years' War.[1] Promoted to rear-admiral on 21 October 1762, he went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1766[2] and, having been promoted to vice-admiral on 24 October 1770, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1772.[3][4] He was promoted to full admiral on 29 January 1778.[1]

Parry married Lucy Brown, daughter of Commodore Charles Brown.[5]

References

1. "William Parry". Three Decks. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
2. Cundall, p. xx
3. "Sir Charles Thompson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
4. Haydn, Joseph (13 June 2008). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 279.
5. Sharman, p. 24

Sources

• Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.
• Sharman, Victor (1990). Nelson's hero: The story of his sea-daddy Captain William Locker. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1844152667.