Isabella Louisa Parry

Isabella Louisa Parry (nee Stanley) was born in 1801, daughter of Sir John Stanley, first Baron Stanley of Alderley. She married William Edward Parry, the Arctic explorer, in October 1826 and they had four surviving children - twins Edward and Isabella born in 1830, Lucy born in 1831 and Charles born in 1833. She died in May 1839 at Tunbridge Wells shortly after giving birth prematurely to twin boys who did not survive.

From the guide to the Isabella Louisa Parry collection, 1813-1839, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)