Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet

Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet (c. 1625 – March 1690), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1679 and 1687.

Erwarton Hall

Parker was the son of Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton and his wife Dorothy Gawdy, daughter of Sir Robert Gawdy of Claxton, Norfolk.[1]

Parker was created a Baronet of Arwarton in the County of Suffolk, on 16 July 1661. He was Member of Parliament for Harwich from 1679 to 1685.[2] and for Sandwich from 1685 to 1687.[3]

Parker married Rebecca Long, daughter of Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet, on 9 April 1649. They had three sons and four daughters. these included

He married secondly Hannah Bedingfield, widow of Sir Thomas Bedingfield and daughter of Philip Bacon of Wolverstone.[1]

References
  1. John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)


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