On 7 May 1829, he married Elizabeth Pease, the youngest daughter of Edward Pease, "the father of the railways". He enjoyed painting and, late in life, he built the Fry Art Gallery (1856), in Saffron Walden.Cook, O. (2012). The Fry Art Gallery. In Artists at the Fry: Art and design in the North West Essex Collection (pp. 7-14). Saffron Walden, Essex: The Fry Art Gallery.
