Hyde Parker (1739 - 1807)

Born 1739 in Stepney, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Boteler) Parker — married before 3 Feb 1782 (to before 1800) in St Mary, Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Husband of Frances (Onslow) Parker — married 23 Dec 1800 (to 1807) in St Mary, Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1807 at about age 68 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

Biography

Hyde Parker is Notable.

Hyde Parker, second son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and his wife, Sarah Smithson was born in 1739. It is not yet clear where. He was baptised at St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney on the 27th of July 1740. ^[1][2] In 1751 he went to sea with his father on HMS Vanguard and transferred with him to HMS Cruizer in 1853. He served on several ships thereafter, frequently under the command of his father until on the 16th of December 1761 he was appointed to the command of HMS Manila. It was while in command of HMS Phoenix that he earned his knighthood in the attack on New York on the 12th of July 1776. Phoenix was subsequently lost in a hurricane, driven ashore in Cuba. The surviving members of the crew were rescued by HMS Porcupine. ^[3]

On the 3rd of February 1782 Hyde married Anne Boteler at St Mary, Henley upon Thames. ^[4] Hyde was promoted vice-Admiral on the 4th of July 1794.

His second wife was 18 year-old Fanny Onslow whom he, being then in his sixties, married on the 23rd of December 1800 St Mary, St Marylebone. ^[5] Only a couple of weeks later he was appointed to the Baltic command with Nelson as his second in command. It was during the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 that he made his indelible mark on naval history, ordering the fleet to withdraw at the height of the battle, an order which Nelson ignored. For this he came in for a deal of criticism yet Nelson wrote "I believe Sir H. P. to be as good a subject as His Majesty has".

Hyde died at home at Great Cumberland Place in London on the 16th of March 1807 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford in Suffolk. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N551-D2S : 20 March 2020), Hyde Parker in entry for Hyde Parker, 1740.
2. ↑ Baptismal record St Mary Whitechapel (27 July 1740 Hyde Parker son of Hyde Parker and Sarah). Viewed at ancestry. Text only
3. ↑ Wikipedia: HMS Phoenix (1759)
4. ↑ Marriage record St Mary, Henley upon Thames (3 February 1782 Sir Hyde Parker of the parish of St Mary le Don, Middlesex married Anne Boteler spinster of this parish by Harry Parker, curate. Witnesses John Palmer Boteler and Harriott Cecil) Anne was the mother of his heir, John, and another son, Hyde. The date of her death is not certain but was certainly before 1800.
5. ↑ Marriage record St Mary, Marylebone (23 September 1800 Sir Hyde Parker, Knight a single man and Fanny Onslow spinster)
6. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Parker, Sir Hyde (1739–1807)

See also

• Thepeerage.com: Admiral Sir Hyde Parker Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003

• Wikipedia: Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)