William Parker (MP for West Suffolk)

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

William Windsor Parker (1802 – February 1892)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He was known as Windsor Parker.

Life

He served for 18 years in the cavalry of the East India Company, 1820–38, and was present with the 10th Bengal Light Cavalry at the siege of Bhurtpore in 1826. Parker was aide-de-camp to the Commander in Chief and interpreter to Lord Combermere, 1825–27.[2] He was commissioned as a Major in the West Suffolk Militia on 9 October 1852.[3]

Parker lived at Clopton Hall, Rattlesden, Suffolk where he was a well-respected and enthusiastic farmer. He died in 1892 and is buried in the Church of St. Mary, with his wife and other members of his family.[2]

Parker was elected to the House of Commons at the 1859 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election.[4]

Family

Parker married in India, in 1830, Elizabeth Mary Duncan (died 1883), second daughter of General Alexander Duncan. They had five sons and four daughters.[2][5][6] Their children included:

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c Obituary, East Anglian Daily Times, Tuesday 2 February 1892
  3. ^ Army List.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 463–464. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Farrer, Edmund (1908). Portraits in Suffolk houses (West). London: B. Quaritch. pp. 288–289.
  6. ^ a b c Crawford, William (1896). Knox Genealogy: Descendants of William Knox and of John Knox the Reformer. G. P. Johnston. p. 11.
  7. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Parker, William Windsor" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ Walford, Edward (1886). The County Families of the United Kingdom; Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ... Chatto & Windus. p. 698.
  9. ^ "Marriott, Henry Spelman (MRT860HS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. Edinburgh: Jack. p. 727.
  11. ^ "Napier, James Pearse (NPR869JP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Suffolk
1859 – 1885
With: The Earl Jermyn 1859–1864
Lord Augustus Hervey 1864–1875
Fuller Maitland Wilson 1875
Thomas Thornhill from 1875 		Succeeded by


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