John Parker
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- John Parker (Irish judge)John Parker (Irish judge)John Parker was an English-born merchant, politician and judge in Tudor Ireland .He held the offices of Constable of Dublin Castle and Master of the Rolls in Ireland; the latter was a notable achievement for a man who began his career as a cloth-maker and appears to have had no legal training...
(c. 1500–1564), English-born merchant, politician and judge - John Parker (jurist) (fl.1655), senior member of the judiciary during the interregnum, father of the Bishop of Oxford Samuel Parker
- John Parker (bishop) (died 1681), Church of Ireland clergyman
- John Parker (captain)John Parker (Captain)John Parker was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier, who commanded the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Lexington to Josiah Parker and Anne Stone...
(1729–1775), captain of the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington - John Parker, 1st Baron BoringdonJohn Parker, 1st Baron BoringdonJohn Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Parker was the son of John Parker and Catherine Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons for Bodmin in 1761, a seat he held...
(1735–1788), British peer and Member of Parliament - John Parker, 6th Earl of MorleyJohn Parker, 6th Earl of MorleyJohn St Aubyn Parker, 6th Earl of Morley is a British peer.He retired as a lieutenant-colonel from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1970. Morley was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1973, Vice-Lieutenant of Devon in 1978 and Lord Lieutenant of Devon in 1982. On 9 May 1987 he was...
(born 1923), British peer - John Parker (MP)John Parker (MP)John Parker was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1780-1782.He was the son of Edward Parker of Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire , and was educated at Eton College and Christ's College, Cambridge. The art patron Thomas Lister Parker was his son.-References:...
(1754–1797), MP for Clitheroe - John Parker (MP for Truro)
- John Parker (MP for Rochester), English politician, MP for RochesterRochester (UK Parliament constituency)Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...
- John Parker (Continental Congress) (1759–1832), South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress, 1786–1788
- John Parker (pioneer)John Parker (pioneer)Elder John Parker was an American Patriot, veteran of the American War of Independence, scout and minor diplomat for the American government, famous frontier Ranger, noted Indian fighter, Texan settler, and Predestinarian Baptist minister...
(1758–1836), founder of Fort Parker in Texas, killed in the Fort Parker massacre - John Parker, 1st Earl of MorleyJohn Parker, 1st Earl of MorleyJohn Parker, 1st Earl of Morley FRS , known as Lord Boringdon from 1788 to 1815, was a British peer and politician....
(1772–1840), British peer and politician - John Palmer ParkerJohn Palmer ParkerJohn Palmer Parker was the founder of the Parker Ranch on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii.-Life:John Palmer Parker was born May 1, 1790 in Newton, Massachusetts. His father was Samuel Parker and mother was Ann Palmer Parker ....
(1790–1868), founder of the Parker Ranch of Hawaii - John Parker (Whig politician) (1799–1881), British politician of the Victorian era, Privy Counsellor, 1853
- John M. Parker (New York) (1805–1873), Congressman from New York
- John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan politician)John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan politician)John Mason Parker was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood from 1917 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. Parker was speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1934 to 1938.He was the son of William Parker and Sarah Taylor and...
(1882–1960), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada - John Henry ParkerJohn Henry ParkerJohn Henry Parker CB , English writer on architecture and publisher, was the son of John Parker, a London merchant....
(1806–1884), English writer on architecture - John Henry Parker (General)John Henry Parker (General)General John Henry Parker aka "Gatling Gun Parker" was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He is best known for his role as the commander of the Gatling Gun Detachment of the U.S...
(1866–1942), (aka "Gatling Gun Parker"), Brigadier General (ret.) U.S. Army, officer commanding the Gatling Gun Detachment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War - John Parker (abolitionist)John Parker (abolitionist)John P. Parker was an African-American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist who helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio. He was one of the few blacks to patent his inventions before 1900...
(1827–1900), African American abolitionist, inventor, and industrialist - John Frederick Parker (1830–1890), bodyguard to Abraham Lincoln, derelict of duty the night of Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- John Richard ParkerJohn Richard ParkerJohn Richard Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker and the uncle of Comanches chief Quanah Parker. An Anglo-Texas man of Scots-Irish descent who suffered being kidnapped from his natural family at the age of five by a Native American raiding party, he returned to the Native American people...
(1830–1915?), American kidnapped by Native American raiding party - John Frederick Parker (Navy)John Frederick Parker (Navy)John Fredrick Parker was a Captain in the United States Navy and one-time Governor of American Samoa from 1908 to 1910. John F. Parker was born in Ohio in 1853. He graduated from Annapolis in 1874 and married Elizabeth Scott Lord, niece of President Benjamin Harrison. He served as governor of...
(1853–1911), United States Navy captain and one-time Governor of American Samoa, 1908–1910 - John M. ParkerJohn M. ParkerJohn Milliken Parker was an American Democratic politician from Louisiana, who served as the state's 37th Governor from 1920–1924. He was a friend and admirer of President Theodore Roosevelt....
(1863–1939), Democratic governor of Louisiana, 1920–1924 - John Parker (West Indian cricketer)John Parker (West Indian cricketer)John Ernest Parker was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906...
(1871–1946) - John J. ParkerJohn J. ParkerJohn Johnston Parker was a U.S. judge who failed confirmation to the Supreme Court by one vote. He was also the U.S. alternate judge at the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals and later served on the United Nations' International Law Commission.John J. Parker was born in Monroe, North Carolina,...
(1885–1958), American judge who served at the Nuremberg Trials and missed a nomination to the Supreme Court by one vote - John Lankester ParkerJohn Lankester ParkerJohn Lankester Parker OBE FRAeS Hon. MSLAE was Chief Test Pilot for Short Brothers from 1918 until his retirement in 1945. He joined Shorts in 1916 as a part-time test pilot and assistant to then Chief Test Pilot Ronald Kemp, having been recommended for the post by Captain, later Admiral Sir,...
(1896–1965), British test pilot - John Parker (UK politician)John Parker (UK politician)Herbert John Harvey Parker , normally known as John Parker, was a long-serving British Labour politician....
(1906–1987), British politician, Labour MP for Dagenham, 1945–1983 - John Michael Avison Parker (Royal Household)John Michael Avison Parker (Royal Household)Lieutenant-Commander John Michael Avison Parker, CVO, AM was Private Secretary to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh 1947-1957.The son of Captain C A Parker, CBE RAN, he was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne....
(1920–2002), Duke of Edinburgh's private secretary - Sir John ParkerSir John ParkerSir Thomas John Parker FREng is the Chairman of National Grid plc and of Anglo American PLC. He was born in County Down, Northern Ireland.-Early life:...
(born 1942), Chairman of National Grid and Captain of industry - John Parker (water polo)John Parker (water polo)John Michael Parker is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**...
(born 1946), American water polo player - John Parker (cricketer, born 1951), New Zealand test cricketer
- John Parker (activist)John Parker (activist)John Parker was the candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004. Parker and his running mate was Teresa Gutierrez received 1,330 votes . The ticket was endorsed by the Liberty Union Party of Vermont...
, American presidential candidate (2004) of the Workers World Party - John Parker (Canadian politician)John Parker (Canadian politician)John L. Parker is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. He is now Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, Don Valley West.-Background:...
(born c. 1954), Ontario politician - John Parker (Montana politician)John Parker (Montana politician)John W. Parker is a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 23 since 2002. He currently serves as the Minority Leader. In addition, he is currently running for attorney general.-External links:...
(born 1970), state representative of Montana - John Parker (musician), British musician from the band Nizlopi
- John Parker (author)John Parker (author)John Parker is a British author and journalist.-Journalism:After leaving school, he found work at the Northampton Chronicle and Echo and worked in a number of local newspapers before getting a job in the Bahamas with the Nassau Daily Tribune...
, British writer - John F. ParkerJohn F. ParkerJohn Frederick Parker , was one of four men detailed to act as United States President Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard on April 14, 1865, the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s theater.-Biography:...
(1907–1992), former mayor of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts - John Havelock ParkerJohn Havelock ParkerJohn Havelock Parker, OC was Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989. He had previously been Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979....
, former Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories - John L. Parker, Jr.John L. Parker, Jr.John L. Parker, Jr. is an American writer and the author of the cult classic novel Once A Runner and the more recently published Again to Carthage. Both books feature the struggles of Quenton Cassidy, a middle-distance runner....
(born 1947), American writer - John Willie ParkerJohn Willie ParkerJohn Willie Parker was an English professional footballer.Parker started his career across the River Mersey from his Birkenhead birthplace as an amateur for Everton in 1947, though didn't make his debut until 1951...
, English former professional footballer - John Parker (Australian footballer)John Parker (Australian footballer)John Parker is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League .Parker, from Frankston, was chosen by the Bears with the first pick of the 1992 Mid-Season Draft....
(born 1971), former Australian rules footballer - John Parker (cricketer, born 1902)John Parker (cricketer, born 1902)John Palmer Parker was an English cricketer. Parker was a right-handed batsman.Parker made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1926 County Championship against Northamptonshire. Parker played 44 first-class matches for Hampshire between 1926 and 1933, with his final match for the county...
(1902–1984), English cricketer - John Victor ParkerJohn Victor ParkerJohn Victor Parker is a United States federal judge.Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Parker received a B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1949 and a J.D. from Louisiana State University Law School in 1952. He was in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954, remaining in the United States Army...
(born 1928), United States federal judge - Jon Kimura ParkerJon Kimura ParkerJon Kimura Parker, OC is a Canadian pianist.- Biography :He was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of Keiko Parker and the nephew of Edward Parker.He appeared with the Vancouver Youth Orchestra when he was five...
(born 1959), Canadian pianist - John "Jack" Parker, first curator of the James Ford Bell LibraryJames Ford Bell LibraryThe James Ford Bell Library is named for its donor and patron James Ford Bell, the founder of the General Mills Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collection consists of some 30,000 rare books, maps, manuscripts, broadsides, pamphlets and other materials documenting the history and impact...
, 1953–1991 - John W. Parker, ragtimeRagtimeRagtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...
revivalist - John Parker, fictional character in Buckaroo BanzaiBuckaroo BanzaiBuckaroo Banzai is the lead character, played by Peter Weller, of the eponymous 1984 cult film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. A renaissance man, the character is a top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero, and probably the...
See also
- Johnny Parker (disambiguation)
- Jack Parker (disambiguation)
- Jackie ParkerJackie ParkerJohn Dickerson "Jackie" Parker was an American football player who became an All-American in college football and an outstanding professional football player in the Canadian Football League at the running back, quarterback, defensive back, and kicker positions. He is primarily known for his play...
(1932–2006), American football player