John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735 – 27 April 1788) was a British

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 peer and Member of Parliament

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Parker was the son of John Parker and Catherine Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

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, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

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. He was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Bodmin

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 in 1761, a seat he held until 1762, and then represented Devon

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 between 1762 and 1784. The latter year Parker was raised to the peerage as Baron Boringdon, of Boringdon in the County of Devon. Apart from his political career he was also a collector of paintings at his seat Saltram House

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 in Devon

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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1767.

Lord Boringdon married, firstly, Frances Hort, daughter of the Right Reverend Josiah Hort

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, Archbishop of Tuam, in 1764. She died the same year. He married, secondly, the Hon. Theresa Robinson, second daughter of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

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, in 1769. She died in 1775. Lord Boringdon survived her by thirteen years and died in April 1788.

He was succeeded in the barony by his only son John

John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley

John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley FRS , known as Lord Boringdon from 1788 to 1815, was a British peer and politician....

, who was created Earl of Morley

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 in 1815. His daughter Theresa Parker married George Villiers

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, youngest son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

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. Their eldest son became George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

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