Thomas Parr (slave trader)

Thomas Parr (1769–1847) was a member of an extended family of Liverpool merchants, developing his business as an English slave trader who profited from the Atlantic slave trade[2] to establish himself as "‘a merchant of great eminence in Liverpool".

One of the slave ships that he had built for the trade in enslaved people, Parr, exploded on her maiden voyage.

[13] Behind the house he built a warehouse that he used to store iron goods that were traded for slaves.

[13] Parr sold his Liverpool home around 1805 and retired to a country house and estate called Lythwood Hall, near Bayston Hill in Shropshire.

[14] He became part of the landed gentry and acquired a notable collection of rare coins.