Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet (c. 1625 – March 1690), was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1679 and 1687. Parker was the son of Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton Hall and his wife Dorothy Gawdy, daughter of Sir Robert Gawdy of

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/ref> Parker was created a Baronet of Arwarton in the County of

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, on 16 July 1661. He was Member of Parliament for

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from 1679 to 1685. and for

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from 1685 to 1687. He commanded the White Regiment of Suffolk Militia at the

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on 2 July 1667.Frank Hussey, ''Suffolk Invasion: The Dutch Attack on Landguard Fort, 1667'', Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1983; Landguard Fort Trust reprint 2005, ISBN 0-86138-027-4, pp. 70–103. Parker married Rebecca Long, daughter of

Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon (1592 – 15 November 1672) was an English politician. Early life The second son of Henry Long (1564–1612) and Rebecca Bailey, Long was educated at Lincoln's Inn. He had inherited no land at his fathe ...

, on 9 April 1649. They had three sons and four daughters. these included * Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650–c. 1698), who succeeded him in 1690 * Calthorpe Long (1657–1729) He married secondly Hannah Bedingfield, widow of Sir Thomas Bedingfield and daughter of Philip Bacon of Wolverstone.

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1690 deaths

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