George Parker (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir George Parker, KCB (1767 – 24 December 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1773 under the patronage of his uncle and served throughout the American War of Independence.

Parker, however, arranged for a canal to be cut and thereby extricated his squadron and a large convoy of merchantmen bound for England.

Later in the month, in company with HMS Nassau they captured the 74-gun Danish ship HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik in the Battle of Zealand Point.

After his return to England he was appointed to the 74-gun third-rater HMS Aboukir in which (as part of the Walcheren expeditionary force) he was employed in the North Sea and the Mediterranean until the end of 1813.

HMS Santa Margarita (right)