View source for Christopher Parker ca.1684-1713

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===[[name::Christopher]] [[name::PARKER]] ca.[[date of birth::1684]]-[[date of death::1713]]===

====Biographical Note====
Son of [[family::Anthony Parker]], of [[location::Bradkirk Hall, Lancashire]], [[occupation::MP]], d.1693; he succeeded to the family estate on the death of his grandfather, also [[family::Christopher Parker 1625-1695|Christopher Parker]], in 1695. Matriculated at [[education::Christ Church, Oxford]] 1703, but did not graduate; admitted at [[organisations::Gray's Inn]] 1698.  [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Clitheroe]] 1708-13.

====Books====
The engraved armorial bookplate of "Christopher Parker, of Bradkirke, in Com. Lancaster, Esqr." (Franks 22712) is assumed to be his, rather than his grandfather's. The extent and disposition of his library is not known; his estate was largely divided between his uncle and sister when he died, and Bradkirk Hall was sold out of the family in 1723.

====Sources====
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*[https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/parker-christopher-1684-1713 History of Parliament].
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
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