Sidney Parker (1852 - 1897) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1874 to 1875.
[2] The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on October 3, 1852, in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire.,[2] the fifth son and seventh child of fifteen children of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
[1] He made his winning international debut on February 23, 1874,[2] at The Oval in the fourth meeting of England and Scotland.
Sidney Parker spent much of his time in India and became a Tea Planter in Assam.
[6] Samples of tea from his estate were shown at the India and Ceylon exhibition at Earl's Court London, in 1896[7] He died on 21 May 1897 at Hans-house, Hans Street, Middlesex.