Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet

Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1 February 1714 – 1782) was a Royal Navy officer.

His paternal grandfather had married a daughter of Alexander Hyde, Bishop of Salisbury.

In October 1755 Hyde Parker commissioned the newly launched post ship HMS Squirrel.

[1] For some time before George Rodney's arrival he was in command on the Leeward Islands station, and conducted a skilful campaign against the French at Martinique.

[1] In 1781, having returned home and become Vice-Admiral, he fell in with a Dutch fleet of about his own force, though far better equipped, near the Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781.