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Parry, Sir William Edward, (1790-1855), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer

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Surname: Parry
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: William Edward
Gender: Male
Date: 1790-1855
Biography: ODNB link for Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P144344 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22215 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Edward Parry
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1799-1855: corresp, journals and papers
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MSS 395, 438, 556
See Guide 1982
2
1820-93: corresp and papers
Library and Archives Canada
MG 24, H 49
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
3
1821-23: meteorological journals
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
FIS/11
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
4
1818-1823: journals
Admiralty Library
MSS 29-31, 119
NRA 44344
5
1821-25: accounts of voyages
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 42089-92
6
1829-34: letterbooks as Commissioner for Australian Agricultural Co
National Library of Australia
G997
7
1829-39: (copies) corresp rel to his third and fourth voyages
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 24
8
1824-36: letters to Sir John Franklin
Derbyshire Record Office
D3287, D3311
NRA 5438 Gell
9
corresp with Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
HS
NRA 8803
10
1819-21: corresp with Matthew Liddon
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
LID
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
11
c1814: letters to Lord Radstock
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
WDG
NRA 26356
12
1823-53: corresp with John Richardson
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
NRA 29684 Richardson