Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (February 27, 1848 - October 7, 1918) was an English composer, probably best known for his setting of William Blake's poem, Jerusalem.

Born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, and brought up at Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, he was the son of an amateur artist, and was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He studied with the English-born composer Henry Hugo Pierson in Stuttgart, and with William Sterndale Bennett and the pianist Edward Dannreuther in London. His first major works appeared in 1880: a piano concerto and a choral setting of scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. He joined the staff of the Royal College of Music in 1884 and was appointed its director in 1894, a post he held until his death. From 1900 to 1908 he also served as professor of music at Oxford University. His later works include five symphonies and many choral works including the ode Blest Pair of Sirens (1887), the anthem I was glad (1902) and the Songs of Farewell (1916-1918). Influenced as a composer principally by Bach and Brahms, he evolved a powerful diatonic style which itself greatly influenced future English composers such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams. He collaborated with the poet Robert Bridges, and was responsible for many books on music, including The Evolution of the Art of Music (1896), the third volume of the Oxford History of Music (1907) and a study of Bach (1909).