Richard Parker was a prominent lawyer and judge from Westmoreland County, in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Son of Dr. Alexander Parker, a prominent physician of Essex county, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Beale, daughter of Willam Beale. He was a member of the Westmoreland County Committee of Safety in 1775 and represented that county in the House of Delegates in 1778. He was appointed a judge of the general court in January 1788, in which capacity he also briefly served on the first Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Virginia

The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of...

. He remained on the bench of the General Court until his death on April 4, 1813, at Lawfield, his residence in Westmoreland. His grandson, Richard E. Parker

Richard E. Parker

Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...

(1783-1840), was also a Virginia jurist and lawyer who served briefly in the U.S. Senate.