The Spry family have resided for many centuries at Place House in the Cornish parish of St Anthony in Roseland. There are a number of memorials in the parish church of St Anthony's. The Spry family settled in Cornwall in the early 16th century.
With a long distinguished history of military service and of agricultural land ownership members of the Spry family are particularly numerous in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom.
Thomas Spry, Admiral (died 1828) né Thomas Davy, Esq; Captain in the Royal Navy, and nephew of Sir Richard takes surname and arms of Spry 13 April 1779[3]
William Spry (11 January 1864 – 21 April 1929) was an American politician who was the third Governor of Utah. He is the namesake of the William Spry Agriculture Building that houses the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.