John Parker (Whig politician)

For other people named John Parker, see John Parker (disambiguation).

John Parker (21 October 1799 – 5 September 1881) was an English politician and barrister. He was born in Tickhill, West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Repton and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was instrumental in the enfranchisement of Sheffield, petitioning Parliament in 1817 and 1822, and creating a pamphlet stating the case for Sheffield in 1830. When the Sheffield constituency was finally created as a Parliamentary borough in 1832 he was elected alongside James Silk Buckingham as its first MPs. He served as MP for Sheffield until 1852, becoming Lord of the Treasury (1839–1840), First Secretary of the Admiralty,[1] joint Secretary to the Treasury (1846–1849), and a Member of the Privy council (1853).[2]

He died at 71 Onslow Square, London, on 5 September 1881, and was buried at Healaugh, near Tadcaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 9 September, having married, on 8 February 1853, Eliza Charlotte, second daughter of George Vernon of Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Ireland.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sainty, J. C. (1975). Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Athlone Press, University of London. p. 36. ISBN 0485171449.
  2. ^ Stainton, J. H. (1924). "The Storm of Politics". The Making of Sheffield, 1865–1914. Sheffield: E. Weston & Sons. (This book is out of print but an OCR'd version is available online.)
  3. ^ Jackson, Charles (1881). "The Right Honourable John Parker, and the Family of Parker, of Norton, in the County of Derby". The Reliquary. 22. London: Bemrose & Sons: 139–144.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Sheffield
1832 – 1852
With: James Silk Buckingham
Henry George Ward
John Arthur Roebuck 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Admiralty
1841 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Financial Secretary to the Treasury
1846–1849 		Succeeded by
Preceded by First Secretary of the Admiralty
1849–1852 		Succeeded by


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