Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, GCB (1 December 1781 – 13 November 1866), was a Royal Navy officer.

[1] The Amazon was later attached to a squadron under Admiral Sir John Warren, participating in the capture of the French ships Marengo and Belle Poule at the action of 13 March 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.

[3] He was given command the yacht HMS Prince Regent in December 1828[3] and, having been promoted to rear-admiral on 22 July 1830,[5] he was appointed second-in-command of the Channel Squadron, under Sir Edward Codrington, in April 1831.

[6] He was detached on an independent command on the Iberian Tagus River, hoisting his flag aboard the second-rate HMS Asia, in September 1831 with a mission to protect British interests during the Portuguese Civil War.

[8] Parker left the Admiralty to become Commander-in-chief of the East Indies and China Station, hoisting his flag in the third-rate HMS Cornwallis, in June 1841.

[1] Parker was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 2 December 1842,[10] given a substantial good-service pension on 26 April 1844 and awarded a baronetcy on 11 November 1844.

[6] He was buried in the churchyard at St John the Baptish Parish Church in Shenstone, and a monument to his memory was erected in Lichfield Cathedral.