John Parker was an English

English people

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 politician

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 and barrister

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. He was born in Tickhill

Tickhill

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, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

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 and educated at Repton

Repton School

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 and Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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. He was instrumental in the enfranchisement of Sheffield

Sheffield

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, petitioning Parliament in 1817 and 1822, and creating a pamphlet stating the case for Sheffield in 1830. When the Sheffield constituency

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 was finally created as a Parliamentary borough

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 in 1832 he was elected alongside James Silk Buckingham

James Silk Buckingham

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 as its first MPs

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. He served as MP for Sheffield until 1852, becoming Lord of the Treasury

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 (1839–1840), First Secretary of the Admiralty

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, joint Secretary to the Treasury

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 (1846–1849), and a Member of the Privy council

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 (1853).

He died at 71 Onslow Square

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, London

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, on 5 September 1881, and was buried at Healaugh, near Tadcaster

Tadcaster

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, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, on 9 September, having married, on 8 February 1853, Eliza Charlotte, second daughter of George Vernon of Clontarf Castle

Clontarf Castle

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, Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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