William Spry (colonial administrator)

William Spry (died 4 September 1772) was a jurist and governor of Barbados.[1]

On 25 September 1764 he arrived with his family at Halifax, Nova Scotia, having been appointed judge of the vice-admiralty court over all America,[2] which had been recently constituted by act of parliament. In the proclamation that announces the opening of the court he is styled “The Right Worshipful William Spry, Doctor of Laws.” The other officers of the new court were: vice-admiral, the Earl of Northumberland; registrar, the Hon. Spencer Percival; marshal, Charles Howard, gent. These officers probably expected to fulfil their duties by deputies. Judge Spry opened his court at Halifax on 9 October 1764. Its creation had been opposed in the colonies, and the passage of the Stamp Act the next year, with the accompanying disturbances, probably prevented its extension to other provinces. The Court was abolished in 1768. Judge Spry was appointed Governor of Barbados in June 1767. Spry arrived at Barbados the following year, and died in office in 1772.[3][4]

Marriages

Spry married twice:

Firstly to Amelia Pitt, a daughter of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc (died 1761), a brother of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.[5][6]
Secondly to Katherine Cholmeley (1739-1817), a daughter of Robert Cholmeley (d.1754) of Barbados, a son of James Cholmeley (d.1735) of Easton Hall in Lincolnshire.[7] Katherine's sister Jane Cholmeley (Mrs Leigh-Perrot) was the aunt of the novelist Jane Austen. By Katherine he had a daughter Wilhelmina Spry who married Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet.

Notes

Frere, George (1768). A Short History of Barbados, from Its First Discovery and Settlement: To the End of the Year 1767. J. Dodsley. pp. 88–. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Mangone, Gerard J. (1997). United States Admiralty Law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 27–. ISBN 9789041104175. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Schomburgk, Sir Robert Hermann (1848). The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events Since the Settlement; and an Account of Its Geology and Natural Productions. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. pp. 332–. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Stein, Conrad" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Austen, Jane (1995-05-25). Jane Austen's letters. Oxford University Press. p. 506. ISBN 9780198117643. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Almon, John, Life of the Rt Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, vol.3, London, 1810
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.caribbean.barbados.general/1953.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx

References

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[Frere1768-1] Frere, George (1768). A Short History of Barbados, from Its First Discovery and Settlement: To the End of the Year 1767. J. Dodsley. pp. 88–. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[Mangone1997-2] Mangone, Gerard J. (1997). United States Admiralty Law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 27–. ISBN 9789041104175. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[Schomburgk1848-3] Schomburgk, Sir Robert Hermann (1848). The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events Since the Settlement; and an Account of Its Geology and Natural Productions. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. pp. 332–. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[4] Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Stein, Conrad" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

[Austen1995-5] Austen, Jane (1995-05-25). Jane Austen's letters. Oxford University Press. p. 506. ISBN 9780198117643. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[6] Almon, John, Life of the Rt Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, vol.3, London, 1810

[7] ttp://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.caribbean.barbados.general/1953.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx

Governors of Barbados
Barbados (1627–1833)	H. Powell W. Deane C. Wolferstone J. Powell R. Wheatley^* W. Tufton Henry Hawley Richard Peers^* William Hawley^* Henry Huncks Philip Bell Francis Willoughby George Ayscue Daniel Searle^* Thomas Modyford^* Humphrey Walrond^* Francis Willoughby Henry Willoughby^* William Willoughby^* Samuel Barwick^* Henry Hawley^* William Willoughby Christopher Codrington^* Peter Colleton^* Jonathan Atkins^* John Witham^* Richard Dutton Edwyn Stede^* James Kendall Francis Russell Francis Bond^* Ralph Grey John Farmer^* Bevil Granville Mitford Crow George Lillington^* Robert Lowther William Sharpe^* John Frere^* Samuel Cox^* Henry Worsley Thomas Catesby Paget James Dotin^* Walter Chetwynd Emanuel Howe James Dotin^* Orlando Bridgeman Humphrey Howarth Thomas Gage Robert Byng James Dotin^* Thomas Robinson Henry Grenville Charles Pinfold Samuel Rous^* William Spry Samuel Rous^* Edward Hay^* John Dotin^* James Cunninghame John Dotin^* David Parry William Bishop^* George Poyntz Ricketts William Bishop^* Francis Mackenzie John Spooner^* George Beckwith James Leith John Foster Alleyne^* Stapleton Cotton John Skeete^* Samuel Hinds^* Henry Warde James Frederick Lyon
Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)	Lionel Smith Evan MacGregor Charles Henry Darling Charles Grey William Reid William Colebrooke Francis Hincks James Walker Rawson William Rawson Sanford Freeling^* John Hennessy George Strahan D. J. Gamble^* William Robinson
Barbados (1885–1966)	Charles Lees Walter Sendall James Hay Frederick Hodgson Gilbert Carter Leslie Probyn Charles O'Brien William Robertson Harry Newlands Mark Young Eubule Waddington Henry Bushe Hilary Blood Alfred Savage Robert Arundell John Stow
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^* Served as Acting Governor of Barbados.