Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield
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[edit]
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. His great-great-grandson is Andrew Parker Bowles.
- 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
- 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[edit]
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.723
- ^ The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, Marquis of Ruvigny, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994 p. 287
- ^ Levett's second wife at his death was Susan Alice Arkwright, a descendant of Sir Richard Arkwright.
References[edit]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[edit]
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