Isabella Louisa Parry collection

The collection comprises of correspondence and diaries by Isabella Parry.

Isabella Louisa Parry (nee Stanley) was born in 1801, daughter of Sir John Stanley, first Baron Stanley of Alderley. She married William Edward Parry, the Arctic explorer, in October 1826 and they had four surviving children - twins Edward and Isabella born in 1830, Lucy born in 1831 and Charles born in 1833. She died in May 1839 at Tunbridge Wells shortly after giving birth prematurely to twin boys who did not survive.

The collection is split into two sub-fonds comprising of the diaries and correspondence respectively.

By appointment.

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Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to Dictionary of National Biography volume 43, Smith, Elder & Co. London (1895) and Parry of the Arctic, the life story of Admiral Sir Edward Parry 1790-1855 by Ann Parry, Chatto & Windus, London (1963) SPRI Library Shelf 92[Parry, W.E.]

Clive Holland Manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England - a catalogue, Garland Publishing New York and London (1982) ISBN 0824093941.

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Further accessions possible.

The Institute holds several archival collections for both the Parry and Stanley families.