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Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Name
James Edward PARKER
, 7403
Father
Sir James PARKER
, 7390 (1803-1852)
Mother
Mary BABINGTON
, 7288 (1800-1858)
Notes for James Edward PARKER
James Edward Parker (born 8 September 1842) was an English
rower
who won several events at
Henley Royal Regatta
and won the
Wingfield Sculls
, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames.
Parker was born at
Rothley
,
Leicestershire
the third son of
James Parker
and his wife Mary Babbington. His father was a barrister and
Vice-Chancellor
of the
High Court
and his mother the daughter of
Thomas Babington
.
Parker was educated at
University College, Oxford
. While at Oxford, he was an active rower. In 1862, he was a member of the winning University College crew in the
Ladies' Challenge Plate
at
Henley Royal Regatta
. He also competed in the
Wingfield Sculls
but was runner-up to
Walter Bradford Woodgate
. In 1863 he was in the University College crews which won the
Grand Challenge Cup
and the
Stewards' Challenge Cup
[2] but he never rowed in the
Oxford
eight
. In 1863, as a
sculler
he won the OUBC sculls and the
Wingfield Sculls
- the latter being a row-over because Woodgate had an injured neck.
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