1847 - 1914 (66 years)
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| Name |
Henry Hallam Parr |
| Title |
Major-Gen. Sir |
| Suffix |
CMG, CB KCB |
| Birth |
24 Jul 1847 |
Rockbeare, Devon  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
20 Aug 1847 |
Rockbeare, Devon |
| Residence |
1891 |
Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
2 Apr 1911 |
London |
| Death |
3 Apr 1914 |
Bourton, Dorset |
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| Burial |
8 Apr 1914 |
Bourton, Dorset |
| Notes |
- Son of Thomas Clements Parr of Clifton, Co. Gloucestershire. He was 1st cousin to his wife's mother, his own mother, Julia, being sister of Sir Arthur H Elton (search in Family Tree). Baptised 20 August 1847 at Rockbeare. Educated at Eton College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Buried 8 April 1914 at Bourton. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there, and Memorial window in Taunton parish church (south aisle) to him and his 2 soldier sons designed by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. Will proved 20 June 1914.
Ensign Somerset Light Infantry 1865; Lieut. 1869; Captain 1878; Major 1885; Brevet-Colonel 1886; Major-General 1899; Retired 1906. Colonel of Somerset Light Inf. 1910. He was Military Secretary to Sir Bartle Frere in S. Africa 1877-80 and served in the Kaffir and Zulu wars and in the first Boer war. Between 1882 and 1885 he had war service in Egypt and in 1885 (when only 38 yrs. old) was Adj. Gen. and 2nd in command of the Egyptian Army. Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria 1886-88. Attended the French manoeuvres 1887 and the German ones 1888. Military adviser on Sir Charles Euan Smith's mission to Fez 1892. Assistant Inspector General of Ordnance at the War Office 1894. Commanded the North Western District, England, 1902-6. Mentioned in despatches in Zulu war and Egyptian expedition 1882. Medals for Kaffir and Zulu wars with clasp for 1877, 8 and 9. Medal and Khedive's star for Egyptian expedition 1882. Turkish orders Medjidie and Osmanieh, 1884. CMG. 1880, CB 1893, KCB. 1911.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Dorset and Deputy Lieut. Author (1880) of A Sketch of the Kaffir and Zulu Wars. See Sir Henry Hallam Parr's Recollections, ed. 1917 by Sir. Charles Brickdale (search in Family Tree).
- For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hallam_Parr
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| Person ID |
I2632 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Father |
Thomas Clements Parr, b. 15 Jul 1803, Berkeley Square, London d. 1 Dec 1863, Clifton, Bristol (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
Julia Elizabeth Elton, b. 1807, Downy Parade, Bristol d. 27 Apr 1881, Bristol (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Jan 1836 |
Clifton, Bristol |
| Family ID |
F1152 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lady Lilian Mary Gibbs, b. 4 Sep 1865, Paddington, London d. 15 Jul 1925, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Nov 1888 |
Bramley, Surrey |
| Married |
15 Nov 1888 |
Hambledon, Surrey |
| Children |
| | 1. Lieut. Arthur Henry Hallam Parr, b. 12 Feb 1890, Portsea Island, Hampshire d. 22 Feb 1910, Malta (Age 20 years) |
| | 2. Lieut. George Roworth Parr, b. 29 Nov 1891, Kensington, London d. 19 Dec 1914, Ploogsteert Wood, Belgium (Age 23 years) |
| | 3. Humphrey Clements Parr, b. 21 May 1898, Cheriton, Kent d. 15 Sep 1898, Cheriton, Kent (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Jan 2018 |
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