Judge. Of Rothley Temple.
From Wikipedia
Sir James Parker (28 March 1803 - 1852) was a British barrister who became Vice Chancellor of the High Court.
Parker was born in Glasgow, the son of Charles Stuart Parker and his wife Mary Rainey. He was educated at
Glasgow Grammar School and
Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1829, he was called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn and was an equity draftsman and conveyancer. He practiced on the Northern circuit and became
Queen's Counsel in 1844.
[1] Parker purchased the estate of
Rothley Temple from his father-in-law
Thomas Babington in 1845.
Parker became
Vice-Chancellor of the
High Court in 1851 and received a knighthood. However he died the following year at the age of 49 from angina pectoris and was buried in the chapel at Rothley.
Parker married Mary Babington, third daughter of Thomas Babington in 1829. Their daughter Susan Emma Parker married
Archibald Smith and their son
James Parker was a successful rower. Parker was the uncle of
Charles Stuart Parker MP.