JONES-PARRY, SIR LOVE PARRY, eldest son of Thomas Parry Jones, Llwynon, Denbighshire, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Love Parry, Penarth, Caernarvonshire; b. 28 Nov 1781; adm.; at school 1791 (Clapham); KS 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; BA 1803; MA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1802; assumed additional surname of Parry 28 Nov 1802; Ensign, 81st Foot Apr 1794; Lieut., 15 Oct 1794; Capt., 30 Oct 1794; 86th Foot, half-pay 1795-1803; Maj., 90th Foot 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj., 103rd Foot 5 Sep 1811; Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier 1812-4 and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy’s Lane; MP (Whig) Horsham 20 Jun 1807 – 26 Feb 1808, Caernarvon Boroughs 1835-7; knighted 1835; KH 1836; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1840; chairman, Caernarvonshire QS; m. 1st, 1806 Sophia, only dau. of Robert Stevenson, Binfield, Berks., banker; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Caldecott (formerly Reid), Holton Lodge, Lincs.; d. 23 Jan 1853. DNB.
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