Promoted to
post captain on 1 October 1744, Parry was given command of the
fourth-rate HMS Kingston in February 1755 and saw action at the
Battle of Minorca in May 1756 during the
Seven Years' War. Promoted to
rear-admiral on 21 October 1762, he went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the
Jamaica Station in 1766 and, having been promoted to
vice-admiral on 24 October 1770, he became Commander-in-Chief of the
Leeward Islands Station in 1772. He was promoted to full
admiral on 29 January 1778. ==References==