The Right Honourable John Parker (21 October 1799–5 September 1881) was an English politician and barrister. He was born in Tickhill, South Yorkshire and educated at Repton and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was instrumental in the enfranchisement of Sheffield, petitioning Parliament in 1817 and 1822, and creating a pamphlet stating the case for Sheffield in 1830. When the Sheffield constituency was finally created as a Parliamentary borough in 1832 he was elected alongside James Silk Buckingham as its first MPs. He served as MP for Sheffield until 1852, becoming Lord of the Treasury (1839—1840), First Secretary of the Admiralty, joint Secretary to the Treasury (1846—1849), and a Member of the Privy council (1853). He died in London at the age of 81.

References

• Stainton, J.H. (1924). The Storm of Politics. In The Making of Sheffield, 1865-1914, chapter 4. Sheffield: E. Weston & Sons. (This book is out of print but an OCR'd version is available online.)
• "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S"." Leigh Rayments Peerage Page. Accessed on 20 June 2005.

1799 births | 1881 deaths | British MPs | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | History of Sheffield