Spry family

Place House

The Spry family has resided for many centuries at Place in the Cornish parish known as St Anthony in Roseland. There are a number of memorials in the church, St Anthony's. The Spry family settled in Cornwall in the early 16th century.

Some notable members

• Sir Henry Spry (died 1627)
• Arthur Spry, M.P. for St. Mawes (1612–1685)
• William Spry, barrister of Middle Temple (born ca. 1663)
• Sir Richard Spry, Rear Admiral of the Red (1715–1775) As Rear-Admiral of the White conferred Knighthood 24 June 1773 on board HMS Barfleur by King George III ^[1] Promoted Rear Admiral of the Red 31 March 1775^[2]
• Thomas Spry, Admiral (died 1828) né Thomas Davy, Esq; Captain in the Royal Navy, and nephew of Sir Richard takes surname and arms of Spry April 13, 1779^[3]
• Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, M.P. for Bodmin, High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1849 (1804–1868)

Also descended from the Spry family of Cornwall are:

• Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry (1730–1811), whose daughter Rebecca married Rear Admiral Jonathan Faulknor of the Faulknor family of naval officers
• Lieutenant-General William Spry (1734–1802)
• Major-General William Frederick Spry (1770–1814)

References

1. London Gazette 26 June 1773 Issue number: 11365 p:2
2. London Gazette 1 April 1775 Issue number: 11549, p. 1
3. London Gazette 10 April 1779 Issue number: 11969, p1