194 MACCLESFIELD. He (7. 9 Feb. 1795, aged 71, and was iter, at Shirburn. Will pr. Feb. 1795. His widow, who was 6. 1726, rf. '20 May 1812. Will pr. 1813. Earldom. 1 J h G f.orge (Parker), Earl of Macclesfield Yji &c, 1st s. and h. ; b. 24 Feb., and tap. 21 March 1755,
17 nr > :lt stl • l:mlc< '. Westm. ; stilled Viscount 1'ahkkh, 1764-95 ;
Barony. i " ed. at Eton ; mat at Oxford (Ex. Coll.), 2 July 1773 ; M.P. for Woodstock, 1777-S4, and for Minehead 1790-95 ; J Lieut. CtA. of the Oxen Militia, 1778; Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1780 ; P.C, 1791 ; Comptroller of the Household, 1791-97; sue. to the pea-aye, 9 Feb. 1705 ; High Steward of Henley; Lord of the Bedchamber, 1797 ; D.C.L., of Oxford, 2S June 1797 ; Pres. of the Board of Agriculture, lSl'i-18; Lord Lieut, of Oxou, 1817. Councillor (as Custos persona) to the Queen Consort, 1818. He m. 25 May 178 0 at St. Marylebone, Mary Frances, 2d da. and coheir of Rev. Thomas Drake, I).TJ., Rector of Amersham, Bucks, by Elizabeth, da. of Isaac WnirrixuTON, of Orford, eo. Suffolk. She, who was b. 17(51, (/. 1 Jan. 1823, at Sherborne Castle. He d. s.p.m. 20 March 1812, aged S7, at 9, Conduit street, St. Geo. Han. sq. Will pr. May 1842. Earldom. l J. Thomas (Parker), Earl op Macclesfield, yjTT ccc, br. and h. male, b. 9 June and bap. 8 July 1703. at
- > 1S10 St. Marylebone; .sometime (17S0-82), an ollicer in the
Barony. : L w ' Coldstream Guards; High Sherifi of Oxfordshire, 1808; Col. of the North Oxon Militia, 1810 ; D.C. L., of Oxford, J 11 June 1S34; sue. to ike peerage, 10 March 1842 i High Steward of Henley, 1S42. He Ml, firstly, 16 March 1796 ( — ) 1st da. of Lewis Edwards, of Talgarth, CO. Merioneth. She, who was b. 1779, d. s.p.m. 9 April 1803. He IB. secondly, 19 March 1807, Eliza, yst. da. «f William BretoN-Wolstenuolme, of HolyllUl, Sussex. He (/. 31 March 1850, in his S7th year, at Ensham Hall, Oxou. Will pr. April 1850. His widow (/. 1 Jan. 1862. Earldom IX. Barony. VI. "1 G. Thomas Augustus Wolsten holme (Par- bxr), Karl of Macclesfield [1721 J, Vhcodnt Parker of y 1X50 En ki.m [1721] and Bakon of Macclesfield [1716], only | ' s. and h. by second wife, b. 17 March 1 SI 1 , at Marylebone ; ed. at Eton ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 24 June 1829 ; J M.P. for Oxfordshire, 1S37-41 ; styled Viscount Parker, 1842-50 ; sue. to the peerage, 31 March 1850 ; High Steward of Henley, 1850. He m. firstly, 11 July 1S39, Henrietta, yst. da. of Edmund Turnor, of Stoke ltochford, co. Lincoln, by his second wife, Dorothea, da. of Lieut. Col. Tucker. She d. a few months later, 19 Nov. 1839. He m. secondly, 25 Aug. 1842, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Mary Frances, 2d da. of Richard (Grosyenok), 2d Marquess of Westminster, by Elizabeth Mary, da. of George Granville (Luveson- Gower), 1st Duke of Sutherland. She was b. 2 Dec. 1821, aud was, in 1863, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales. [George Augustus Parker, styloA Viscount Parker, s. and h. ap., b. 19 Oct. 1843, in Conduct street, St. Geo. Han. sq. ; ed. at Eton; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 25 Jan. 1862; Lieut. 1st Life Guards, 1867-68. He m. firstly, 14 March 1878, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Edith, widow of Thomas Rumbold Richardson, 1st Life Guards, da. of Frederick Henry Harford, of Down Place, Berks. She d. s.p., 4 April 1885, on board ship. He m. secondly, 26 Jan. 1887, at St. Paul's, Knights- bridge, Caroline Agnes, sister of Sir Pryse Pryse, 1st Bart., da. of Pryse LoVEDE.N of Gogerddau, co. Cardigan, by Margaretta Jane, da. of Walter Rice.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 5,518 acres in Oxfordshire, 5,917 in Staffordshire, aud 3,088 in Devonshire. Total 14,453 acres, worth ,£17,937 a year. Principal Residence. Shirburn Castle, near Tetsworth, Oxou, which estate was bought by the Lord Chancellor, the 1st Earl.
