Paul Carrington Parris

???? - 1812


Biography

Son of David Parris the elder, brother of Anna Maria Carrington nee Parris and brother-in-law of George Carrington.

  1. Paul Carrington Parris, son of David Parris, matriculated Christ Church Oxford 21/10/1808 aged 19.

  2. 'A catalogue of a very valuable and rare selection of books, being part of the library of P.C. Parris, esq., deceased' recorded a sale by Sotheby's in 1815.

  3. 'Carrington's Plantations, Barbados, W.I. Accounts (1810-1855). **Includes journal entries for the four Carrington sugar plantations [Chapel, Haggat's, Valley (or Carringtons) and Harrison's] of David Parris and his heirs, Anna Maria Carrington, wife of George Carrington, and Paul Carrington Parris. Physical Description: Manuscript. 3 vol.'


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]; Vere Langford Oliver in 'Monumental Inscriptions' cites what appears to be a death notice for Paul Carrington Paris [sic] at Pimlico 13/05/1812 from the Gentleman's Quarterly 597.

  2. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AParris%2C+Paul+Carrington.&qt=hot_author [accessed 17/10/2016].

  3. The 'Finding Aid for the Bound Manuscripts Collection, 1977' for the UCLA Special Collections, 'MSS no: 170/165: 1-3.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
University
Oxford (Christ Church) [1808 ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Library - books
'A catalogue of a very valuable and rare selection of books, being part of the library of P.C. Parris, esq., deceased' recorded a sale by Sotheby's in 1815. To date no further detail of the... 
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Relationships (4)

Nephew → Aunt
Son → Father
Brother-in-laws
Half-brothers
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Described by David Parris the younger as his 'brother-in-law', but almost certainly half-brother (though conceivably...