Sir William George Parker

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Sir William George Parker

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service2.2.1803CSORN
Last Known Service6.6.1814CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1.		Appointed Knight Bachelor
2.2.1803		Lieutenant	CSORN
29.11.1810		Commander	CSORN
2.1812	21.3.1812	Rinaldo (10) 1808-1835 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
5.1813	6.6.1814	Fly (16) 1813-1828 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
6.6.1814		Captain	CSORN

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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Posted by Pieter van der Merwe on Wednesday 10th of January 2024 16:23

This man is elusive in a 'People' search on Three Decks. It may help to have his vital dates as supplied in the first couple of sentences in O'Byrne's 'Naval Biography' as below:he was also not a 'knight bachelor' but inherited the baronetcy of his father Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker who died on 31 Dec 1802, while William George still only an Acting Lieutenant.

'Sir William George Parker [2nd bt] was born 19 Aug. 1787, and died 24 March, 1848, at Plymouth. He was eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart.,[1] by Jane, eldest daughter of Edw. Collingwood, Esq., of Greenwich....'

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