Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield (9 June 1763 – 31 March 1850), was a British peer.

Early life

He was the younger son of

Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. Early life Macclesfield was the son of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, ...

and the former Mary Heathcote, who were first cousins. Among his siblings were Lady Elizabeth Parker (who married John Fane, son of Henry Fane, MP), Lady Mary Parker, and

George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield PC (24 February 1755 – 20 March 1842), styled Viscount Parker between 1764 and 1795, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1777 and 1795. Background Macclesfield wa ...

. His paternal grandparents were

George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, FRS ( 17 March 1764) was a British politician and astronomer. Biography George was tutored by Welsh mathematician William Jones, who went on to become the first person to use the symbol (the Greek ...

, and Mary Lane (a daughter of Ralph Lane). His maternal grandparents were

Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet (15 March 1693 – 10 May 1751), of Hursley, Hampshire, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741. Heathcote was the second son of Samuel Heathcote, Esq., of Ha ...

, and Elizabeth Parker (only daughter of the 1st Earl of Macclesfield).

Career

Parker was an officer in the

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between 1780 and 1782. He held the office of

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between 1808 and 1809 while residing at Eynsham Hall,

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, which he later leased for hunting parties. He graduated from

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in 1834 with a

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. He held the office of High Steward of Henley in 1842. Upon the death of his brother, George, in 1842, he succeeded to the

earldom of Macclesfield Earl of Macclesfield is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the soldier and politician Charles Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard. He had already been created Baron Gerard, of Bran ...

in the

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), volume I, page 178.

Personal life

On 16 March 1796, he married Miss Edwards (died 1803), a daughter of Lewis Edwards of

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. Before her death on 9 April 1803, they were the parents of four daughters, including: * Lady Ellen Catherine Parker (died 1844), who married, as his second wife, Col. John William Fane, MP for

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, in 1829. * Lady Amelia Parker (died 1881), who married William Montgomery, a son of the Rev. Hugh Montgomery of

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and Hon. Georgiana Ward (a daughter of the 1st Viscount Bangor), in 1817.Bernard, Sir Burke, editor, ''Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 3rd ed.'' (

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, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1912), page 586. * Lady Matilda Anne Parker (died 1888), who married Arthur Hill Montgomery of Tyrells,

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, in 1825.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''.

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, 2003, volume 2, page 2456. After the death of his first wife, he married secondly Eliza Wolstenholme (1781–1862), daughter of William Breton Wolstenholme, on 19 March 1807. Together, they were the parents of a son and two daughters, including: * Lady Lavinia Agnes Parker (died 1893), who married the Hon. John Thomas Dutton of Hinton House, Alresford, son of

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne John Baron Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (24 January 1779 – 18 October 1862), was a British peer. Background Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife Elizabeth Coke (1753–1824), ...

and Hon. Mary Legge (a daughter of the 2nd Baron Stawell), in 1836. * Lady Laura Cecilia Parker (1808–1883), who married Hugh Seymour McDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim, son of Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr and

Charlotte Kerr, 3rd Countess of Antrim Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim Order of the Bath, KB Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (4 November 1749 – 29 July 1791) was an Irish peer. Early life He was born on 4 November 1749, the only son and heir of Alexander MacD ...

, in 1836. * Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811–1896), an MP for

who married Henrietta Turnor, daughter of Edmond Turnor, in 1839. After her death four months later, he married Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor, 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 polit ...

and sister of

Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an ...

, in 1842. Lord Macclesfield died on 31 March 1850. He was succeeded in the earldom by his only son,

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Descendants

Through his daughter Lady Amelia, he was a grandfather of Hugh Montgomery, who married Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Herbert (the youngest daughter of

Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, Knight of the Garter, KG (22 March 1785 – 17 January 1848), styled Viscount Clive between 1804 and 1839, was a British peer and Tory (British political party), Tory politician. He was the grandson of Cliv ...

), in 1846.

References

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