1714 – 1802) was an English cleric, known as a pulpit orator, controversialist and royal chaplain to two kings.
[1] The son of Moses Parker of St Michael's parish, Coventry, he was born in the city in 1714.
On 18 November 1763 he was presented to the rectory of St James's Church, Piccadilly, a good living, in succession to Samuel Nicolls.
"[1][3] Parker was known as a preacher, and his works consisted mainly of single sermons, in which he defended conventional revealed religion and the Mosaic history, against the deist attacks of Henry Bolingbroke, Conyers Middleton and Thomas Morgan.
Among his publications were:[3] Parker married in 1768 Mary Whitwell, who on the death of her brother John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden in 1797, succeeded to a large fortune.
[3][1] Since Parker and his wife were entitled to the family estates for their joint lives, it was not until his death in 1802 that Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, became actually possessed of Audley End, Essex.
He had in fact resided there from 1797, under an arrangement suggested by the 4th Baron Howard de Walden.