Fry Family - Joseph Fry and His Family

Joseph Fry and His Family

Joseph Fry (1795–1879), son of the first Joseph Storrs Fry (1769–1835), and Mary Anne Swaine (1797–1886) were the parents of:

• Joseph Storrs Fry II (1826–1913). Headed the chocolate firm after 1886 and very active in the Society of Friends. He never married but was known for his philanthropy.
• Sir Edward Fry (1827–1918), a judge on the British Court of Appeal. Edward Fry was the father of the art critic and artist Roger Fry and the social reformers, Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955), Margery Fry (1874–1958) and Ruth Fry (1878–1962). His daughter, Agnes Fry (1869–1958) compiled his biography.
• Albert Fry (1830?–1903). He worked with John Fowler (1826–1864) to develop and manufacture a drainage plough in the mid-19th century. He founded the Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works. He was a Chairman of the Council of the University of Bristol and, along with other members of his family and of the Wills family, a major donor
• Susan Ann Fry (1829–1917) married in 1856, as his third wife, Thomas Pease and was the mother of Edward Reynolds Pease who help found the Fabian Society.
• Lewis Fry (1832–1921) was the Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, MP for Bristol from 1878 until 1886 and from 1895 until 1900. He was Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Town Holdings, 1886-1892. He was a member of the Privy Council. He was the first chairman of the Council of the University of Bristol.
• Henrietta Jane Fry (1840–1911) who married in 1862, William Whitwell (ironfounder)

and three other daughters, one of whom died in infancy.