George Lane Parker
George Lane Parker (1724–1791) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1769 and 1780.
Early life
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]
Military career
Parker joined the army in the
Political career
Parker stood at
Later life
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]
References
- ^ a b c d "PARKER, Hon. George Lane (1724-91), of Woodbury, Cambs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
External links
- Attribution
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.