John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon

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Portrait of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1734/5-1788), by his friend Sir Joshua Reynolds (d.1792), who was born near Saltram in Plympton. National Trust, Saltram House Collection, no.29, displayed in the Morning Room, Saltram House

John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735 – 27 April 1788) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

Origins

Parker was the eldest son of John Parker (1703–1768) of Boringdon Hall, Plympton, and Saltram House, by his wife Catherine Poulett (1706–1758), whom he married in 1725,[1] daughter of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett. He had a sister Henrietta Parker (d.1808) and a younger brother, Montagu Edmund Parker (1737–1813) of Whiteway House, near Chudleigh (purchased by his grandfather George Parker (d.1743) who also purchased Saltram), Sheriff of Devon in 1789, who married in 1775 Charity Ourry (1752–1786), daughter of Admiral Paul Ourry, by whom he had issue Montague E. Parker (1778–1831) whose daughter Harriet Parker (1809–1897) married in 1842, as her second husband, her second cousin Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (1810–1864).

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons for Bodmin in 1761, a seat he held until 1762, and then represented Devon between 1762 and 1784. The latter year Parker was raised to the peerage as Baron Boringdon, of Boringdon in the County of Devon. Apart from his political career he was also a collector of paintings at his seat Saltram House in Devon. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1767.[2] In 1783, Parker's horse Saltram won the fourth running of the Epsom Derby.

Marriage & progeny

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Portrait of Theresa Robinson (1744/5-1775), second wife of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon and second daughter of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham. By Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1770-2. National Trust, Saltram House Collection, no. 76, displayed in the Saloon, Saltram House
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Portrait as children of John Parker, the future 1st Earl of Morley (1772–1840), son of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon and Theresa Robinson, with his sister Theresa Parker. Painted in 1779 by Sir Joshua Reynolds (d.1792). National Trust, Saltram House Collection, displayed in Morning Room, Saltram House

Lord Boringdon married twice:

Death & burial

Lord Boringdon died in April 1788.

Notes

  1. NT guidebook, p.65
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References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bodmin
with George Hunt

1761–1762
Succeeded by
George Hunt
Sir Christopher Treise
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Devon
with Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde 1762–1776
John Rolle Walter 1776–1780
John Rolle 1780–1784

1762–1784
Succeeded by
John Rolle
John Pollexfen Bastard
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Boringdon
1784–1788
Succeeded by
John Parker