Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (17 March 1811 – 24 July 1896), ''styled'' Viscount Parker from 1842 to 1850, was a British peer. Before inheriting the earldom, he sat in the

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Member of Parliament for

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from 1837 until 1841.

Early life

Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker was born on 17 March 1811. He was the only son of

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, and, his second wife, the former Eliza Wolstenholme. From his father's first marriage, he had several half-sisters, Lady Ellen Catherine Parker (who married Col. John William Fane, MP for

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

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

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, 2003, vol. 2, pp. 2456–2459. From his parents' marriage, he had two sisters, Lady Lavinia Agnes Parker (who married the Hon. John Thomas Dutton of Hinton House, Alresford, son of the 2nd Baron Sherborne), and Lady Laura Cecilia Parker (who married Hugh Seymour McDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim). His paternal grandparents were

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and the former Mary Heathcote (a daughter of

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). His maternal grandfather was William Breton Wolstenholme of Holly Hill, Sussex (who add the surname Wolstenholme to inherit from his mother's family, including his grandfather, Sir William Wolstenholme, 5th Baronet). He was educated at

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Career

From 1837 until 1841, he sat in the

Member of Parliament for

. He later served as Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

Personal life

Parker was twice married. His marriage was on 11 July 1839 to Henrietta Turnor, daughter of Edmond Turnor, She died four months later on 19 November 1839. On 25 August 1842, he married, secondly, to Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of

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and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (a daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland). She was sister of

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. The couple had at least fifteen children, including: * George Augustus Parker (1843–1895), ''styled'', Viscount Parker, a Major in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry who married Edith Harford, daughter of Frederick Paul Harford, in 1878. After her death in 1895, he married Carine Agnes Loveden, daughter of Pryse Loveden, in 1887. * Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker (1845–1931), who married Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley, daughter of

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. Her brother-in-law was Maj. Edward

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of Rowsley, Derbyshire, whose first wife was Caroline Georgina Longley, also a daughter of Archbishop Longley.Levett's second wife at his death was Susan Alice Arkwright, a descendant of Sir

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. * Lady Elizabeth Amelia Parker (1846–1916), who died unmarried. * Lady Adelaide Helen Parker (1848–1941), who married Hon. William Frederick Dawnay, son of

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, in 1875. * Hon. Algernon Robert Parker (1849–1940), who served as rector of Bix in Oxfordshire and Malpas in Cheshire; he married Emma Jane Anne Kenyon, daughter of Hon. Edward Kenyon (a son of the 2nd Baron Kenyon) and Caroline Susan Catherine Beresford (granddaughter of the 1st Marquess of Waterford), in 1877. * Hon. Francis Parker (1851–1931), who served as MP for Henley; he married Henrietta Gaskell, daughter of Henry Lomax Gaskell, in 1882. * Hon. Sidney Parker (1852–1897), an early rugby union international who represented

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in 1874 and 1875. * Hon. Reginald Parker (1854–1942), who married Katharine May Ames, daughter of Henry Metcalfe Ames, in 1876. * Hon. Hugh Lupus Parker (1855–1859), who died young. * Hon. Edmund William Parker (1857–1943), who married Fanny Emma Baldwin, daughter of Capt. William Baldwin, in 1883. * Hon. Archibald Parker (1859–1931), who served as rector of

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in Shropshire; he married Hon. Maud Francis Bateman-Hanbury, daughter of William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman, in 1890. * Hon. Henry Parker (1860–1952), who married Henrietta Judith Baker, daughter of Rev. Robert Lowbridge Baker and Henrietta Maria Hicks-Beach, in 1916. * Lady Mary Alice Parker (1863–1930), who married Rt. Rev. Charles de Salis,

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, son of Rev. Henry de Salis, in 1896. * Hon. Alexander Edward Parker (1864–1958), who married Winifred Florence Worthington, daughter of Albert Octavius Worthington, in 1896. * Lady Evelyn Florence Parker (1867–1957), who died unmarried. Lord Macclesfield died at the age of 85. As his eldest son predeceased him, the earldom passed to his grandson George Loveden Parker.

Descendants

His son, the Rev. Hon. Algernon Robert Parker, was the great-great-grandfather of

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, the first husband of

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