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Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield

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Lord Macclesfield, 1864
Arms of Parker, Earls of Macclesfield: Gules, a chevron between three leopard's faces or[1]

Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (17 March 1811 – 24 July 1896) was a British peer. Before inheriting the earldom, he sat in the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1837 until 1841.

Marriage and family

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He married Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.

The couple had fifteen children.

  • George Augustus Parker (1843-1895) - George Augustus, Viscount Parker, died on 24 September 1895 at age 51. As he predeceased his father, the earldom passed to his eldest son George Loveden (1888–1975).
  • Cecil Thomas Parker (1845-1931) - Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker, who married Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley (c. 1844-1936), daughter of Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury.[2] Hon. Cecil Parker was the brother-in-law of Major Edward Levett of Rowsley, Derbyshire, whose first wife was Caroline Georgina Longley, also a daughter of Archbishop Longley.[3] When Edward Levett died in Pau, France, in December 1899, he named his former brother-in-law Parker as his executor.
  • Elizabeth Amelia Parker (1846-1916)
  • Adelaide Helen Parker (1848-1941)
  • Algernon Robert Parker (1849-1940) - served as rector of Bix in Oxfordshire and Malpas in Cheshire. His great-great-grandson is Andrew Parker Bowles.
  • Francis Parker (1851-1931) - served as MP for Henley.
  • Sidney Parker (1852-1897) - an early rugby union international who represented England in 1874 and 1875.
  • Reginald Parker (1854-1942)
  • Hugh Lupus Parker (1855-1859)
  • Edmund William Parker (1857-1943)
  • Archibald Parker (1859-1931) - served as rector of Wem in Shropshire.
  • Henry Parker (1860-1952)
  • Mary Alice Parker (1863-1930)
  • Alexander Edward Parker (1864-1958)
  • Evelyn Florence Parker (1867-1957)

The 6th Earl died at the age of 85.

Notes

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  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.723
  2. ^ The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, Marquis of Ruvigny, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994 p. 287
  3. ^ Levett's second wife at his death was Susan Alice Arkwright, a descendant of Sir Richard Arkwright.

References

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1837–1841
With: Lord Norreys
George Harcourt
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl of Macclesfield
1850–1896
Succeeded by