PARKER, Thomas (1667-1732), of Bridge Street, Derby, and Essex Street, London

Family and Education

b. 23 July 1667, o. s. of Thomas Parker of Leek, Staffs. by Anne, da. and coh. of Robert Venables of Nuneham, Cheshire. educ. Newport free g.s. (Salop); Derby sch. 1680; Rev. Samuel Ogden’s sch. Derby; I. Temple 1684, called 1694, bencher 1705; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1685. m. 23 Apr. 1691, Janet (d. 1733), da. and coh. of Charles Carrier of Wirksworth, Derbys., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. ?1689; Kntd. 9 July 1705; cr. Baron Parker 10 Mar. 1716, Earl of Macclesfield 15 Nov. 1721. Campbell, Lives, iv. 502; Collins, Peerage, iv. 190–3; Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v.(2)), 230; Derby Sch. Reg. ed. Tachella, 7; info. from Dr D. F. Lemmings; Stowe 780, f. 150; J. C. Wedgwood, Hist. Wedgwood Fam. 91.

Offices Held

Recorder of Derby 1696–?1706; custos rot. Worcs. Oct.– Dec. 1718, Worcs. ?1719; high steward of Stafford 1724–6, Henley-on-Thames ?–d. Stowe 540, f. 59; Whitehall Evening Post, 29 Apr. 1732.

QC and serjeant-at-law 1705; l.c.j. Qb 11 Mar. 1710–14, Kb 1714– May 1718; PC 1710–25; ld. justice 1714, 1719, 1720, 1723; ld. chancellor May 1718–Jan. 1725.

FRS 1712.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1715–d.; gov. Charterhouse 1716. London Rec. Soc. xxiii. p. xxxvi.

Parlimentarian

PARKER, Thomas (1667-1732), of Bridge Street, Derby, and Essex Street, London

Main residences: Bridge Street, Derby; Essex Street, London.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

PARKER, Thomas (1667-1732)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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