Peerage Record – 54797

     Margaret Parker is the daughter of Hugh Parker and Anne Smith.² She married Thomas Nugent.¹
     Her married name became Nugent.¹

     Thomas Nugent married Margaret Parker, daughter of Hugh Parker and Anne Smith.¹
     He gained the title of Count de Valdesoto [Spain].¹

     Reverend Hyde Parker was the son of Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt. and Margaret Hyde.² He married Mary Reeves, daughter of John Reeves.¹ He died on 24 May 1726.¹
     He was Rector at Tredington, Worcestershire, England.¹

     Mary Reeves is the daughter of John Reeves.² She married Reverend Hyde Parker, son of Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt. and Margaret Hyde.¹
     Her married name became Parker.¹

     Reverend Sir Henry Parker, 4th Bt. was the son of Reverend Hyde Parker and Mary Reeves.² He died on 10 July 1782, unmarried.¹
     He graduated with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Parker, of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk [E., 1681] in 1771.¹

     Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Bt. was born on 1 February 1713/14.¹ He was the son of Reverend Hyde Parker and Mary Reeves.³ He married Sarah Smithson, daughter of Hugh Smithson, in 1734.¹ He died after 12 December 1782.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in March 1747/48 in the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1778 in the Royal Navy.¹ He was Commander of the Leeward Islands station in 1779.¹ He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1780 in the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Commander-in-Chief on 5 August 1781 in the British fleet at the drawn Battle of Dogger Bank against the Dutch.¹ He gained the rank of Commander-in-Chief in 1782 at East Indies.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Parker, of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk [E., 1681] on 10 July 1782.¹ On 12 December 1782 he was seen leaving Rio de Janeiro aboard his new 60-gun flagship the Cato hence presumed drowned or possibly murdered by natives on the Malahar Coast, where he is thought to have been shipwrecked.¹

     Hugh Smithson lived at Northumberland, England.¹

     Sarah Smithson is the daughter of Hugh Smithson.² She married Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Bt., son of Reverend Hyde Parker and Mary Reeves, in 1734.¹
     From 1734, her married name became Parker.¹

     Sir Harry Parker, 6th Bt. was born in 1735.¹ He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Bt. and Sarah Smithson.² He married Bridget Cresswell, daughter of William Cresswell, in 1766.¹ He died on 15 January 1812.¹
     He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Parker, of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk [E., 1681] after 12 December 1782.¹