Sidney Parker (1852 - 1897) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1874 to 1875.Sidney Parker Profile on espn.co.uk
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Early life

The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on October 3, 1852, in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire., the fifth son and seventh child of fifteen children of

Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (17 March 1811 – 24 July 1896) was a British peer. Before inheriting the earldom, he sat in the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1837 until ...

and Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of

Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (27 January 1795 – 31 October 1869), styled The Honourable Richard Grosvenor from 1795 to 1802, Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Grosvenor from 1831 to 1845, was an English pol ...

and sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. By the age of eighteen he had moved to Liverpool and was working as a merchant's apprentice.

Rugby union career

Parker played his club rugby for Liverpool.Marshall, Francis, ''Football; the Rugby union game'', p391, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited) He made his winning international debut on February 23, 1874, at The Oval in the fourth meeting of England and Scotland. He again represented England against Scotland the following year in Edinburgh where the match was drawn.

Later life

The Hon. Sidney Parker spent much of his time in India and became a Tea Planter in Assam. He owned tea plantations in Assam of over 1,590 statute acres , known as The Oaklands Tea Estate. Samples of tea from his estate were shown at the India and Ceylon exhibition at Earl's Court London, in 1896 He died on 21 May, 1897 at Hans-house, Hans Street, Middlesex.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995

References

1852 births 1897 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players Rugby union forwards Liverpool St Helens F.C. players

Sidney Sidney may refer to: People * Sidney (surname), English surname * Sidney (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Sidney (footballer, born 1972), full name Sidney da Silva Souza, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * ...

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