George Lane Parker - Wikipedia
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George Lane Parker (1724–1791) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1769 and 1780.
Parker was born on 6 September 1724, the second son of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield and his first wife Mary Lane, daughter of Ralph Lane of Woodbury.[1] He matriculated at Hertford College, Oxford on 20 January 1741 and graduated BA in 1743 and MA in 1750.[2]
Parker joined the army in the 1st Foot Guards and was lieutenant and captain in 1749 and captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1755. He became Colonel in 1762 and Major-general in 1770. From 1773 to 1782 he was Colonel of the 20th Foot. He became a Lieutenant-General in 1777 and was Colonel of the 12th Dragoons from 1782.[1]
Parker stood at Guildford in 1761 but was defeated. In the 1768 general election he stood for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) on the Holmes-Stanley interest and was returned as Member of Parliament on petition on 19 January 1769. He was returned at Tregony as a Government candidate in the 1774 general election. He had a poor attendance record, probably because of his military duties. He voted with the Government and is not recorded as speaking in the House.[1]
Parker married Jane Lady Dormer, widow of Sir Charles Cottrell-Dormer (son of Clement Cottrell-Dormer) and daughter of Charles Adelmare Caesar in May 1782. He died on 6 September 1791.[1]
- ^ a b c d "PARKER, Hon. George Lane (1724-91), of Woodbury, Cambs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Parker, George (Lane)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Parker, George (1697-1764)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1769–1774 With: Thomas Dummer |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Tregony 1774–1780 With: Alexander Leith |
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| Preceded by | Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot 1773–1782 |
Succeeded by William Wynyard |
| Preceded by | Colonel of the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 1782–1791 |
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