Sir Peter Parker 1st bart.

Profile & Legacies Summary

1721 - 1811

Biography

Naval officer who died according to his entry in the ODNB owning 'the house and estate of Bassingbourne Manor, Takeley, Essex, and a plantation in Antigua.' The plantation was Clare Hall (formerly Skerretts and Nugents): it appears that Peter Parker had advanced £6000 out of the £18,000 purchase price when the estate was sold by Oliver Nugent to Robert Skerrett c.1765, and in 1776 Peter Parker moved to foreclose and took possession of the estate. His grandsons Sir Christopher Parker 5th bart. (1792-1869) and Sir Peter Parker 2nd bart. (1785-1814) also both have entries in the ODNB as naval officers.

In the will of Sir Peter Parker Admiral and Commander in Chief of HM's Navy of Basingbourne Hall he left his interest under the mortgage deed in trust with other property to fund monetary legacies to his grandchildren.

Sources

Jamieson, Alan G. 2008 "Parker, Sir Peter, first baronet (1721–1811), naval officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 15 Nov. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21329.

PROB 11/1528/392

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Margaret Nugent

Children

Christopher

Associated Estates (2)

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