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