Sir Edward Abbott Parry was a British judge and dramatist.
Occupation
barrister, writer, judge, children's writer
Position held
judge
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
October 2, 1863
Died
December 1, 1943
Overview
Sir Edward Abbott Parry (2 October 1863 – 1 December 1943) was a British judge and dramatist.
Parry was born in London into a prominent Welsh family, the second son of barrister John Humffreys Parry and grandson of antiquary John Humffreys Parry, a leader of the Welsh literature movement in the early 19th century. His great-uncle Thomas Parry was bishop of Barbados and his great-grandfather Edward Parry was Rector of Llanferres, Denbighshire.
Parry himself studied at the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar in 1885. He was Judge of Manchester County Court 1894-1911 and became Judge of Lambeth County Court in 1911. He wrote several histories, plays and books for children. He was appointed to sit on a Pensions Appeal Tribunal in the summer of 1917, which dealt with appeals against governmental decisions on military pensions, and later published a book on War Pensions: Past and Present, co-authored with Sir Alfred Codrington, another member of the Tribunal.
He died in Sevenoaks, Kent, aged 80.
