Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet (1682 – 20 January 1741) was an English
politician.
, the son of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Fortrey, he took the name of Long on inheriting the estate of Whaddon in Wiltshire
from his cousin Sir Walter Long. The original Coat of Long was, through some error, allowed to him by the College of Arms
.
(MP) for Harwich
1715–1734.
wrote in his diary:
England
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politician.
Early life
Born at Arwarton, SuffolkSuffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, the son of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Fortrey, he took the name of Long on inheriting the estate of Whaddon in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
from his cousin Sir Walter Long. The original Coat of Long was, through some error, allowed to him by the College of Arms
College of Arms
The College of Arms, or Heralds’ College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
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Career
He served as Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Harwich
Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Harwich was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until its abolition for the 2010 general election it elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
1715–1734.
Family
On 11 July 1715 he married in London, Martha East and they had four daughters:- Martha (1716–1775) married John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron ChedworthJohn Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron ChedworthJohn Thynne Howe was the eldest son of John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth.He succeeded to the title in 1742 on the death of his father, and married 23 September 1751, Martha Parker-a-Morley-Long, daughter of Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet of Arwarton, Suffolk.The family seat was Stowell...
- Elizabeth (1717–1757)
- Katherine (b. 1719)
- Dyonisia (b. 1722)
Death
On 20 January 1741, John Perceval, 1st Earl of EgmontJohn Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont
John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont PC, FRS , known as Sir John Perceval, 5t, from 1691 to 1715, as The Lord Perceval from 1715 to 1722 and as The Viscount Perceval from 1722 to 1733, was an Anglo-Irish politician....
wrote in his diary:
"This morning died my brother-in-law Sir Philip Parker, at 3 o'clock, choked by one of those fits he has had for 12 weeks past at sundry times."