Sir Harry Parker, 6th Baronet (1735–1812), was from a naval family and inherited his title on the death of his father, Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, in 1782.[1] Harry Parker bought Melford Hall in Suffolk in 1786, and the Baronetcy subsequently became known as "of Melford Hall".[2] He was Chief Clerk to the Secretaries of the Board of Admiralty and, between 1782 and 1795, he was the secretary of the Board of Longitude.[3] He retired from public service in 1795, and received a pension of £400.[4][5] He married Bridget Cresswell in 1775 and had five children, William (who succeeded him as 7th Baronet), Louisa, Edmund, Hyde (who became 8th Baronet), and Sophia.[6] He is buried in a vault in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford in Suffolk, and there is a large memorial to him and his wife within the church.[7] There is a portrait of him at Melford Hall, now a National Trust property and still the seat of the Hyde Parker family.[8]
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