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[td]{{More footnotes|date=May 2013}}[/td] [td]|birth_date = 1785[/td]
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[td]|death_date = {{death date and age|1814|08|31|1785|df=y}}[/td] [td]|death_place = [[Kent County, Maryland]], U.S.[/td]
[td]|death_place = [[Kent County, Maryland]], U.S.[/td] [td]|placeofburial = [[St Margaret's, Westminster]][/td]
[td]|placeofburial = [[St Margaret's, Westminster]][/td] [td]From Bermuda, Parker joined the British forces in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] under Admiral Sir [[George Cockburn]] and took part in the blockade of [[Baltimore]]. A bold and efficient commander, he became known for his ferocity in destroying American farms and property along the Chesapeake. Having for several days raided [[Kent County, Maryland]], he landed a shore party and attempted a night attack on a detachment of Maryland militia at [[Fairlee, Maryland]] on the night of 30 August 1814. Parker, who had recently liberated four slaves after raiding the plantation of Richard Frisby, was told by one slave that there was an American militia unit nearby. Parker landed the ''Menelaus'' at Tolchester, Maryland and had the slave guide him to the position. There he met resistance from the 21st Maryland Militia under command of Lt. Colonel Phillip Reed in the corn field of Isaac Caulk. This precipitated the [[Battle of Caulk's Field]]; while British and American sources differ on the result of the battle, Parker was one of the casualties. Leading his marines, he was hit in the thigh (as his grandfather had been at the [[Battle of Sullivan's Island]]), but unlike his grandfather, Parker died on the field of a severed [[femoral artery]]. According to midshipman Frederick Chamier, "βThe whole animation of the party died when he drooped,β Chamier said in his account. βThe Americans fortunately had begun another retreat; and our ceasing fire only led them to believe that we were following the quicker. Sir Peterβs only words were these: βI fear they have done for me β¦ you had better retreat, for the boats are a long way off.β<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Battle of Caulk's Field|url=https://www.kentcounty.com/1812/battle-caulks-field|last=Hemstock|first=Kevin|date=2014|website=Kent County}}</ref> It took only about 10 minutes for Parker to bleed to death. 14 men under Parker's command died at Caulk's Field, 12 of which remain buried in unmarked graves at the site of the battle. The Americans returned Captain Parker's shoe which had been lost on the battle field with his name and maker's number written in it under the assumption that he had been honourably wounded.<ref>Lord, Walter: ''The Dawn's Early Light'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) ISBN 97814214054762012</ref>[/td]
[td]From Bermuda, Parker joined the British forces in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] under Admiral Sir [[George Cockburn]] and took part in the blockade of [[Baltimore]]. A bold and efficient commander, he became known for his ferocity in destroying American farms and property along the Chesapeake. Having for several days raided [[Kent County, Maryland]], he landed a shore party and attempted a night attack on a detachment of Maryland militia at [[Fairlee, Maryland]] on the night of 30 August 1814. Parker, who had recently liberated four slaves after raiding the plantation of Richard Frisby, was told by one slave that there was an American militia unit nearby. Parker landed the ''Menelaus'' at Tolchester, Maryland and had the slave guide him to the position. There he met resistance from the 21st Maryland Militia under command of Lt. Colonel Phillip Reed in the corn field of Isaac Caulk. This precipitated the [[Battle of Caulk's Field]]; while British and American sources differ on the result of the battle, Parker was one of the casualties. Leading his marines, he was hit in the thigh (as his grandfather had been at the [[Battle of Sullivan's Island]]), but unlike his grandfather, Parker died on the field of a severed [[femoral artery]]. According to midshipman Frederick Chamier, "βThe whole animation of the party died when he drooped,β Chamier said in his account. βThe Americans fortunately had begun another retreat; and our ceasing fire only led them to believe that we were following the quicker. Sir Peterβs only words were these: βI fear they have done for me β¦ you had better retreat, for the boats are a long way off.β<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Battle of Caulk's Field|url=https://www.kentcounty.com/1812/battle-caulks-field|last=Hemstock|first=Kevin|date=2014|website=Kent County}}</ref> It took only about 10 minutes for Parker to bleed to death. 14 men under Parker's command died at Caulk's Field, 12 of which remain buried in unmarked graves at the site of the battle. The Americans returned Captain Parker's shoe which had been lost on the battle field with his name and maker's number written in it under the assumption that he had been honourably wounded.<ref>Lord, Walter: ''The Dawn's Early Light'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) ISBN 97814214054762012</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Parker's body was sent to [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]], [[Bermuda]], and buried at [[St. Peter's Church, St. George's|St. Peter's Church]] on the 14 October 1814 (the funeral service being conducted by Chaplain Rennell of [[HMS Albion (1802)|HMS ''Albion'']]), but at the request of one of his executors, Captain [[Edmund Palmer]], was subsequently exhumed on the 2 April 1815 (by Rector of St. George's ''Philip Hudson''), and transported to England aboard the frigate [[HMS Hebrus|HMS ''Hebrus'']] to be re-interred at the family vault at [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|St Margaret's, Westminster]], a public funeral with military honours being held on both occasions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hollis Hallett |first=A.C. |author-link= |date=1991 |title=EARLY BERMUDA RECORDS 1619-1826: A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with some Assessment Lists and Petitions |url= |location=Bermuda |publisher=Juniperhill Press, 4, Juniper Hill Drive, Pembroke HM13, Bermuda |page=413 |isbn=}}</ref> He was eulogised by his first cousin, [[Lord Byron]].[/td]
[td]Parker's body was sent to [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]], [[Bermuda]], and buried at [[St. Peter's Church, St. George's|St. Peter's Church]] on 14 October 1814 (the funeral service being conducted by Chaplain Rennell of [[HMS Albion (1802)|HMS ''Albion'']]), but at the request of one of his executors, Captain [[Edmund Palmer]], was subsequently exhumed on 2 April 1815 (by Rector of St. George's ''Philip Hudson''), and transported to England aboard the frigate [[HMS Hebrus|HMS ''Hebrus'']] to be re-interred at the family vault at [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|St Margaret's, Westminster]], a public funeral with military honours being held on both occasions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hollis Hallett |first=A.C. |author-link= |date=1991 |title=EARLY BERMUDA RECORDS 1619-1826: A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with some Assessment Lists and Petitions |url= |location=Bermuda |publisher=Juniperhill Press, 4, Juniper Hill Drive, Pembroke HM13, Bermuda |page=413 |isbn=}}</ref> He was eulogised by his first cousin, [[Lord Byron]].[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Family ==[/td]
[td]== Family ==[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== References ==[/td]
[td]== References ==[/td] [td]* {{cite book |last=Cruikshank |first=Ernest |year=2006 |orig-year=1814 |title=The Documentary History of the campaign upon the Niagara frontier. (Part 1-2) |url=http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=May 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184843/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}[/td]
[td]* {{cite book |last=Cruikshank |first=Ernest |year=2006 |orig-year=1814 |title=The Documentary History of the campaign upon the Niagara frontier. (Part 1-2) |url=http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=11 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184843/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}[/td] [td]'''Naval career'''[/td]
[td]'''Naval career'''[/td] [td]*Dallas, Sir George (1815) ''A biographical memoir of the late Sir Peter Parker: baronet, captain of His Majesty's ship Menelaus, of 38 guns, killed in action while storming the American camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the thirty-first of August, 1814''. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown).[/td]
[td]*Dallas, Sir George (1815) ''A biographical memoir of the late Sir Peter Parker: baronet, captain of His Majesty's ship Menelaus, of 38 guns, killed in action while storming the American camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the thirty-first of August 1814''. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown).[/td] [td]'''Political career'''[/td]
[td]'''Political career'''[/td] [td]*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844β50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)[/td]
[td]*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844β50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)[/td]
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[td]|death_date = {{death date and age|1814|08|31|1785|df=y}}[/td] [td]|death_place = [[Kent County, Maryland]], U.S.[/td]
[td]|death_place = [[Kent County, Maryland]], U.S.[/td] [td]|placeofburial = [[St Margaret's, Westminster]][/td]
[td]|placeofburial = [[St Margaret's, Westminster]][/td] [td]From Bermuda, Parker joined the British forces in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] under Admiral Sir [[George Cockburn]] and took part in the blockade of [[Baltimore]]. A bold and efficient commander, he became known for his ferocity in destroying American farms and property along the Chesapeake. Having for several days raided [[Kent County, Maryland]], he landed a shore party and attempted a night attack on a detachment of Maryland militia at [[Fairlee, Maryland]] on the night of 30 August 1814. Parker, who had recently liberated four slaves after raiding the plantation of Richard Frisby, was told by one slave that there was an American militia unit nearby. Parker landed the ''Menelaus'' at Tolchester, Maryland and had the slave guide him to the position. There he met resistance from the 21st Maryland Militia under command of Lt. Colonel Phillip Reed in the corn field of Isaac Caulk. This precipitated the [[Battle of Caulk's Field]]; while British and American sources differ on the result of the battle, Parker was one of the casualties. Leading his marines, he was hit in the thigh (as his grandfather had been at the [[Battle of Sullivan's Island]]), but unlike his grandfather, Parker died on the field of a severed [[femoral artery]]. According to midshipman Frederick Chamier, "βThe whole animation of the party died when he drooped,β Chamier said in his account. βThe Americans fortunately had begun another retreat; and our ceasing fire only led them to believe that we were following the quicker. Sir Peterβs only words were these: βI fear they have done for me β¦ you had better retreat, for the boats are a long way off.β<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Battle of Caulk's Field|url=https://www.kentcounty.com/1812/battle-caulks-field|last=Hemstock|first=Kevin|date=2014|website=Kent County}}</ref> It took only about 10 minutes for Parker to bleed to death. 14 men under Parker's command died at Caulk's Field, 12 of which remain buried in unmarked graves at the site of the battle. The Americans returned Captain Parker's shoe which had been lost on the battle field with his name and maker's number written in it under the assumption that he had been honourably wounded.<ref>Lord, Walter: ''The Dawn's Early Light'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) ISBN 97814214054762012</ref>[/td]
[td]From Bermuda, Parker joined the British forces in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] under Admiral Sir [[George Cockburn]] and took part in the blockade of [[Baltimore]]. A bold and efficient commander, he became known for his ferocity in destroying American farms and property along the Chesapeake. Having for several days raided [[Kent County, Maryland]], he landed a shore party and attempted a night attack on a detachment of Maryland militia at [[Fairlee, Maryland]] on the night of 30 August 1814. Parker, who had recently liberated four slaves after raiding the plantation of Richard Frisby, was told by one slave that there was an American militia unit nearby. Parker landed the ''Menelaus'' at Tolchester, Maryland and had the slave guide him to the position. There he met resistance from the 21st Maryland Militia under command of Lt. Colonel Phillip Reed in the corn field of Isaac Caulk. This precipitated the [[Battle of Caulk's Field]]; while British and American sources differ on the result of the battle, Parker was one of the casualties. Leading his marines, he was hit in the thigh (as his grandfather had been at the [[Battle of Sullivan's Island]]), but unlike his grandfather, Parker died on the field of a severed [[femoral artery]]. According to midshipman Frederick Chamier, "βThe whole animation of the party died when he drooped,β Chamier said in his account. βThe Americans fortunately had begun another retreat; and our ceasing fire only led them to believe that we were following the quicker. Sir Peterβs only words were these: βI fear they have done for me β¦ you had better retreat, for the boats are a long way off.β<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Battle of Caulk's Field|url=https://www.kentcounty.com/1812/battle-caulks-field|last=Hemstock|first=Kevin|date=2014|website=Kent County}}</ref> It took only about 10 minutes for Parker to bleed to death. 14 men under Parker's command died at Caulk's Field, 12 of which remain buried in unmarked graves at the site of the battle. The Americans returned Captain Parker's shoe which had been lost on the battle field with his name and maker's number written in it under the assumption that he had been honourably wounded.<ref>Lord, Walter: ''The Dawn's Early Light'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) ISBN 97814214054762012</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Parker's body was sent to [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]], [[Bermuda]], and buried at [[St. Peter's Church, St. George's|St. Peter's Church]] on the 14 October 1814 (the funeral service being conducted by Chaplain Rennell of [[HMS Albion (1802)|HMS ''Albion'']]), but at the request of one of his executors, Captain [[Edmund Palmer]], was subsequently exhumed on the 2 April 1815 (by Rector of St. George's ''Philip Hudson''), and transported to England aboard the frigate [[HMS Hebrus|HMS ''Hebrus'']] to be re-interred at the family vault at [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|St Margaret's, Westminster]], a public funeral with military honours being held on both occasions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hollis Hallett |first=A.C. |author-link= |date=1991 |title=EARLY BERMUDA RECORDS 1619-1826: A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with some Assessment Lists and Petitions |url= |location=Bermuda |publisher=Juniperhill Press, 4, Juniper Hill Drive, Pembroke HM13, Bermuda |page=413 |isbn=}}</ref> He was eulogised by his first cousin, [[Lord Byron]].[/td]
[td]Parker's body was sent to [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]], [[Bermuda]], and buried at [[St. Peter's Church, St. George's|St. Peter's Church]] on 14 October 1814 (the funeral service being conducted by Chaplain Rennell of [[HMS Albion (1802)|HMS ''Albion'']]), but at the request of one of his executors, Captain [[Edmund Palmer]], was subsequently exhumed on 2 April 1815 (by Rector of St. George's ''Philip Hudson''), and transported to England aboard the frigate [[HMS Hebrus|HMS ''Hebrus'']] to be re-interred at the family vault at [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|St Margaret's, Westminster]], a public funeral with military honours being held on both occasions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hollis Hallett |first=A.C. |author-link= |date=1991 |title=EARLY BERMUDA RECORDS 1619-1826: A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with some Assessment Lists and Petitions |url= |location=Bermuda |publisher=Juniperhill Press, 4, Juniper Hill Drive, Pembroke HM13, Bermuda |page=413 |isbn=}}</ref> He was eulogised by his first cousin, [[Lord Byron]].[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Family ==[/td]
[td]== Family ==[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== References ==[/td]
[td]== References ==[/td] [td]* {{cite book |last=Cruikshank |first=Ernest |year=2006 |orig-year=1814 |title=The Documentary History of the campaign upon the Niagara frontier. (Part 1-2) |url=http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=May 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184843/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}[/td]
[td]* {{cite book |last=Cruikshank |first=Ernest |year=2006 |orig-year=1814 |title=The Documentary History of the campaign upon the Niagara frontier. (Part 1-2) |url=http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=11 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184843/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=769621 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}[/td] [td]'''Naval career'''[/td]
[td]'''Naval career'''[/td] [td]*Dallas, Sir George (1815) ''A biographical memoir of the late Sir Peter Parker: baronet, captain of His Majesty's ship Menelaus, of 38 guns, killed in action while storming the American camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the thirty-first of August, 1814''. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown).[/td]
[td]*Dallas, Sir George (1815) ''A biographical memoir of the late Sir Peter Parker: baronet, captain of His Majesty's ship Menelaus, of 38 guns, killed in action while storming the American camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the thirty-first of August 1814''. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown).[/td] [td]'''Political career'''[/td]
[td]'''Political career'''[/td] [td]*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844β50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)[/td]
[td]*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844β50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)[/td]
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