Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (25 February 1714–1782) was a British naval commander.

Parker was born at Tredington, Gloucestershire. His father, a clergyman, was a son of Sir Henry Parker. His paternal grandfather had married a daughter of Alexander Hyde

Alexander Hyde

Alexander Hyde was an English royalist clergyman, Bishop of Salisbury from 1665 to 1667.-Life:Hyde was born at Salisbury in 1598, the fourth son of Sir Lawrence Hyde. At the age of twelve he entered Winchester College as a scholar, and matriculated 17 November 1615 at New College, Oxford. In...

, Bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

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. He began his career at sea in the merchant service. Entering the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 at the age of 24, he was made lieutenant in 1744, and in 1748 he was made post-captain

Post-Captain

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Seven Years War

During the latter part of the Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War

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 he served in the East Indies

East Indies

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, taking part in the capture of Pondicherry

Siege of Pondicherry (1760)

The 1760–1761 Siege of Pondicherry was a conflict in the Third Carnatic War, part of the global Seven Years' War. Lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, British land and naval forces besieged and eventually compelled the surrender French forces defending the French colonial outpost of...

 in 1761 and of Manila

Battle of Manila (1762)

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 in 1762. In the latter year Parker with two ships captured one of the valuable Spanish plate ships

Manila Galleon

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 in her voyage between Acapulco

Acapulco

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 and Manila

Manila

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American War of Independence

In 1778 he became Rear-Admiral and went to North American waters as second-in-command. For some time before George Rodney

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

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's arrival he was in command on the Leeward Islands

Leeward Islands

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 station, and conducted a skilful campaign against the French at Martinique

Martinique

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In 1781, having returned home and become Vice-Admiral, he fell in with a Dutch fleet of about his own force, though far better equipped, near the Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781. After a fiercely contested battle

Battle of Dogger Bank (1781)

The naval Battle of the Dogger Bank took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, part of the American War of Independence, in the North Sea...

, in which neither combatant gained any advantage, both sides drew off. Parker considered that he had not been properly equipped for his task, and insisted on resigning his command.

In 1782 he accepted the East Indies command, though he had just succeeded to the family baronetcy. On the outward voyage his flagship Cato was lost with all on board.

He was succeeded by his older son Harry, the sixth Baronet. Parker's second son was Admiral Sir Hyde Parker (1739–1807).