under Captain Dalrymple who had received a letter of introduction to Captain Bligh, Governor of Botany Bay. This shipment however was ill-fated with Bligh being imprisoned resulting in further losses. Parry and his family suffered poor health and in 1806 they sailed to England where he contracted smallpox but recovered. In 1808 the partnership with John Neill was dissolved and in 1809 his nephew David Pugh joined to form Parry and Pugh. In the same year Parry was caught up with the Carnatic Debts scandal which involved forged bonds issued by the Nawab Wallajah and his son. In 1810, J. W. Dare joined Parry as partner. Parry and Dare purchased a ship General Palmer in 1819. In 1813, Parry began another partnership under the name of Parry, Pugh & Breithaupt which earned profits of Rs 86000 in their fifth year. In 1824 he was gifted a gold cup by his friends in Madras in appreciation of his work. In 1822 Parry had a son, Thomas William, by Mary Ann Carr who died young. Another son with the middle name Moorat suggest that the mother may have been a daughter of the Armenian merchant E. S. Moorat. Death Parry died of cholera along with George Parry Gibson, a ten-year old relative, while on a visit to his indigo works in August 1824. Parry was buried at Porto Novo in what is now the C.S.I. Christ Church (also called as missionary church) Cuddalore Port, India. His will included monthly payments for his servants, a blind woman who lived under his care. The executors were J. W. Dare, David and Joseph Pugh. See also EID Parry Notes References External links The Parry Cup in the British Museum 1768 births 1824 deaths 18th-century Welsh businesspeople 19th-century Welsh businesspeople British emigrants to India