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Sir William Parker (Baronet )

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1.1.1740/41E-WIKI
First Known Service1762E-WIKI
Father
Augustine ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1766
ref:676
MotherElizabeth Beale (1726-1764)ref:719
Brother
Robert ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1797
ref:719
Last Known Service7.1852E-WIKI
Date of Death31.10.1802TRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1762 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/6/33RNLPC
29.11.1766 LieutenantCSORN
2.2.177121.10.1772
Egmont (10) 1765-1776
British 10 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
20.3.177325.6.1773
Anson (6) 1763-1774
British 6 Gun
Unrated Cutter
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 106/1220/144		ADM 106
25.6.1773 CommanderCSORN
25.6.177314.2.1774
Senegal (14) 1760-1778
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/500		ADM 6/20
14.2.17748.2.1775
Nautilus (16) 1762-1780
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/15		BWAS-1714
11.3.177531.1.1776
Martin (14) 1761-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/79		BWAS-1714
28.8.1777 CaptainCSORN
28.8.177724.10.1777
Sultan (74) 1775-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1805 Renamed "Suffolk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/306		ADM 6/21
24.10.177727.7.1779
Deal Castle (20) 1756-1780
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/327		BWAS-1714
27.7.17793.12.1781
Maidstone (28) 1758-1794
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/48
Issued by
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
, North America
Confirmed 10.11.1779		BWAS-1714
3.12.178122.3.1783
Iphigenia (32) 1780-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/376		BWAS-1714
22.3.178311.3.1786
Dictator (64) 1783-1817
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/38		BWAS-1714
10.2.1787 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/23/380ADM 6/23
10.2.178724.6.1790
Jupiter (50) 1778-1808
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/378		ADM 6/23
22.10.179025.3.1791
Formidable (98) 1777-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/81		ADM 6/24
24.12.17924.7.1794
Audacious (74) 1785-1815
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/186		BWAS-1714
10.1.179326.12.1800Appointed Lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital at Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich ADM 73/36/2112ADM 73/36
4.7.1794 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
8.11.17941796Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/25/105ADM 6/25
1.6.1795 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
10.179610.1797
Prince George (98) 1772-1817
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red, 		BWAS-1714
1797 
Blenheim (98) 1761-1801
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral, 		BWAS-1714
14.2.1797 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent 
24.6.1797 Appointed BaronetCSORN
12.1798bef.20.9.1799
Prince George (98) 1772-1817
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red, 		BWAS-1714
14.2.1799 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
18001802Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North AmericaE-WIKI
4.1800 
America (64) 1777-1807
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White, 		BWAS-1714
1.1.1801 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
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Posted by Kim Dixon on Friday 20th of October 2023 07:40

Sir William Parker was my GGGG Grandfather. This page is an excellent statistical summary of his life and career. Many thanks for those who took the effort to research him.

Posted by Brian Stephens on Saturday 12th of April 2014 13:02

PARBKER, Sir WILLIAM, Bart. behaved with great bravery on the 28th of May, 1794, engaging La Revolutionnaire, of 120 guns, the rear ship in the French line, when he commanded the Audacious of 74 guns, and obliged her to quit the line and separate from the fleet. Sent to Jamaica in 1795. In 1797, commanded a division of the fleet under Lord St,???; in the action on the 14th of February; for which he was created a baronet, and presented with a gold chain and medal. He died December 1802.

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