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Parker, Thomas
Thomas Parker may refer to: Politicians * Thomas Parker (died 1570) (c. 1510–1570), for Norwich * Thomas Parker (died 1558) (by 1519–1558), MP for Cricklade * Thomas Parker (died 1580) (by 1527–1580), MP for East Grinstead * Thomas Parker (died 1663) (1595–1663), MP for Hastings, Seaford and Sussex * Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1666–1732), English Whig politician * Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811–1896), British peer, formerly Conservative MP for Oxfordshire, 1837–1841 * Thomas Sutherland Parker (1829–1868), physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada * Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield (1723–1795), British peer and politician Sportspeople * Thomas Parker (rugby league), Welsh rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s * Thomas Parker (rower) (1883–?), Australian rower * Thomas Parker (footballer) (1907–1964), English footballer * Thomas Parker (cricketer) (1845–1880), English-born New Zealand cricketer Others * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (died 1570)
Thomas Parker (ca. 1510 – 1570), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician and haberdasher. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ... and mayor of the city in 1568–69. References 1510 births 1570 deaths Politicians from Norwich Mayors of Norwich English MPs 1563–1567 {{1563-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (minister)
Thomas Parker (1595–1677) was an English nonconforming clergyman and a founder of Newbury, Massachusetts. Life Parker was born at Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, the only son of the Revd. Robert Parker, M.A. and Dorothy Stevens. He received his schooling from his uncle William Noyes of Cholderton, Wiltshire, 'perhaps a godly, but a very severe master', who prepared him successfully for a University education. Following his father's departure into the Netherlands as a religious exile, Thomas matriculated sizar at Trinity College, Dublin at Michaelmas 1610. There he came to the attention of James Ussher, who, finding him a promising student, gave him encouragement. Returning to England he matriculated from Magdalen College, Oxford in April 1613: but a little more than a year later, in July 1614 (the year of his father's death at Doesburg, Gelderland) he registered as a student of Theology in the University of Leyden. He then proceeded to the University of Franeker, in Friesland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lister Parker
Thomas Lister Parker (27 September 1779 – 2 March 1858) was an English antiquary, landowner, Trumpeter to the Queen and Honorary Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. Life Born at Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire (now in Lancashire), England on 27 September 1779, he was the eldest of the eight sons of John Parker of Browsholme, by his wife Beatrix, daughter of Thomas Lister (1723–61) of Gisburne Park, then in Yorkshire (but now in Lancashire) and sister of Thomas Lister, 1st Lord Ribblesdale. He was educated at the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School under Thomas Wilson. On the death of his father on 25 May 1797, Parker succeeded to the Browsholme estate. In 1804 and 1805 he made alterations to the sixteenth century Browsholme Hall, rebuilding the west wing, and afterwards he made additions under the superintendence of Sir Jeffrey Wyatville. Parker had a taste for landscape gardening, and between 1797 and 1810 spent large sums in laying out his grounds. In the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (soldier, Born 1822)
Corporal Thomas Parker was a Union Army soldier of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the American Civil War. Biography Thomas Parker was born in 1822 in England. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Parker enlisted as a private in Company D of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry The 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment composed of volunteers from the state of Rhode Island that served with the Union Army in the American Civil War. They, along with the 1st Rhode Island, wore a very simple u ... on June 6, 1861. He re-enlisted in the regiment on December 26, 1863. On June 17, 1864, the regiment was re-organized following the discharge of the original three year enlistees and Parker was transferred to Company B and promoted to corporal. He was wounded in action near Winchester, Virginia, on September 19, 1864. Corporal Parker received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Third Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jeffery Parker
Thomas Jeffery Parker F.R.S. (17 October 1850 – 7 November 1897) was a zoologist who worked in New Zealand. Biography Parker was born at 124 Tachbrook Street in London on 17 October 1850 the son of the anatomist William Kitchen Parker. He studied at Clarendon House School and graduated from the University of London in 1868. At the age of 22, he worked with Thomas Henry Huxley in Huxley's zoological demonstrations, forming a teaching collection and organising laboratory practicals. Huxley's work on crayfish kindled in Parker an interest in crustaceans, and he went on to study the marine "crayfish" (spiny lobsters) of New Zealand, together with his student Josephine Gordon Rich, who later married William Aitcheson Haswell. On 23 December 1874, Thomas Jeffery Parker married Charlotte Elizabeth Rossell in Bramley, Yorkshire. In 1880, they emigrated to New Zealand. Parker become Professor of Zoology at the University of Otago in Dunedin, succeeding Frederick Hutton. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (Maine Judge)
Thomas Parker (1783–1860) was a judge, writer, and philanthropist from Maine, who is the namesake of Parker Hall at Bates College. Parker was born in 1783 in Edgartown, Massachusetts but moved to Farmington, Maine as a child with his father, Elvation Parker, and eventually worked for a period as a stonemason. In 1807 he married Judith Thomas. Parker served as a County Commissioner for several years and in 1838 Governor Edward Kent Edward Kent (January 8, 1802 – May 19, 1877) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th and 15th Governor of Maine. He was among the last prominent members of the Whig Party in Maine before it collapsed in favor of th ... appointed Parker to be a probate judge from Franklin County where he served until 1845. Parker later carried on extensive business in the probate courts. In 1846 Parker published a book on the ''History of Farmington Maine''. In 1856 he donated $5,000 to Bates College then called the Maine State S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (inventor)
Thomas Parker (22 December 1843 – 5 December 1915) was an English electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. He patented improvements in lead-acid batteries and dynamos, and was a pioneer of manufacturing equipment that powered electric tramways and electric lighting. He invented the smokeless fuel Coalite. He formed the first company to distribute electricity over a wide area. He was described by Lord Kelvin as "the Edison of Europe". Thomas Parker Engineering Timelines, accessed 29 July 2015. Early life Parker was born at Lincoln Hill Report by Toby Neal, title refers to Thomas Parker day being held 10 October 2015, organized by Madeley Living History Group. in Coalbr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (engineer)
Thomas Parker (11 July 1829 – 25 November 1903)Thomas Parker (1829-1903) Grace's Guide, accessed 29 July 2015. was Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the from 1886–1893. He introduced a new type of locomotive in Britain, which used a . Life Parker was born in |
Thomas Parker (soldier, Born 1753)
Thomas Parker (1753–1820), was an American soldier. Biography Parker was born in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1753. He was a captain during the American Revolution, participating in several battles with the 9th Virginia Regiment. Parker was lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Infantry Regiment The 8th Infantry Regiment of the United States, also known as the "Fighting Eagles," is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The 8th Infantry participated in the Mexican War, American Civil War, Philippine Insurrection, Moro Rebel ... in 1799, and in June 1800 was mustered out of service. He was appointed colonel of the 12th Infantry Regiment in March 1812, commissioned brigadier general in March 1813, and resigned in November of the next year. He died in Frederick County on 24 January 1820. Notes References * 1753 births 1820 deaths United States Army generals People from Virginia {{US-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (English Judge)
Sir Thomas Parker, PC (1695–1784) was an English barrister and judge, Privy Counsellor and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Life He was a relative of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield the Lord Chancellor, came from a Staffordshire family, and was born about 1695. Educated at Lichfield Grammar School, Parker entered the office of a London solicitor, Charles Salkeld. There he had as colleagues Philip Yorke and John Strange, and Yorke used influence in Parker's favour consistently from then on. Parker was admitted a student of the Inner TempleAdmissions Record of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for Sir Thomas Parker: http://www.innertemplearchives.org.uk/detail.asp?id=7790 on 3 May 1718, called to the bar on 19 June 1724, received the degree of serjeant-at-law on 17 May 1736, and was made king's serjeant on 4 June 1736. On 7 July 1738 he was appointed a Baron of the Exchequer. On 21 April 1740 he was moved to the Court of Common Pleas, and subsequently was kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (deacon)
Thomas Parker (1609–1683) was one of the founders of Reading, Massachusetts, and a deacon and one of the founders of the 12th Congregational Church in Massachusetts (now the First Parish Congregational Church). Life Dea. Parker sailed on the Susan and Ellen (1st trip) from London on March 11, 1635, for Massachusetts. He settled first in Lynn, but in 1638 became either the first, or one of the first, settlers of what became the town of Reading. It was first known as Lynn Village, but was incorporated in 1644 as Reading, with a total of seven families living in seven houses. There is evidence that Parker was "conspicuous in naming the town" and that he was related to the Parker family of Little Norton, England, who owned land by the name of Ryddinge. Parker was a selectman of Reading and was appointed a judicial commissioner. He owned 200 acres of land on the north side of the Ipswich River, but his homestead bordered the east side of the Wakefield (then part of Reading) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker (cricketer)
Thomas Parker (29 August 1845 – 22 September 1880) was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born in Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ... and died in Dunedin. Parker made two appearances for the team, the first in 1865, and the second almost exactly two years later, in 1867. He scored 5 runs in three innings, including a top score of 4 runs. In 15 overs of bowling, he took six wickets, including a best bowling analysis of 5-6 - a bowling average of 2. See also * List of Otago representative cricketers External linksThomas Parkerat Cricket Archive 1845 births 1880 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Burials at Dunedin Northern Cemetery {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1840s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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