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, South 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, joint Secretary to the Treasury (1846–1849), and a Member of the Privy council (1853).

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

References

• 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.)
• Jackson, Charles (1881–2). "The Right Honourable John Parker, and the Family of Parker, of Norton, in the County of Derby". The Reliquary (London: Bemrose & Sons) 22: 139–144. http://books.google.com/?id=SUkEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA139. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Parker

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 George Hadfield John Arthur Roebuck
Political offices
Preceded by Richard More O'Ferrall	First Secretary of the Admiralty 1841	Succeeded by Sidney Herbert
Preceded by Edward Cardwell	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1846–1849	Succeeded by William Goodenough Hayter
Preceded by Henry George Ward	First Secretary of the Admiralty 1849–1852	Succeeded by Augustus Stafford