Author: Parker, John
Biography:
PARKER, John (1798-1860: Transactions)
The second son of Sarah (Browne) and Thomas Netherton Parker, he was born at Sweeney, near Oswestry, on the estate inherited by his mother. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, before becoming curate at Moreton Chapel, near Oswestry. He was Rector of Llanmerewig, Montgomeryshire, 1828-44, and then vicar of Llanyblodwel, Shropshire. After the death of his older brother in 1833, he inherited the Sweeney estate and spent his own funds meticulously restoring and renewing the churches at both Llanmerewig and Llanyblodwel. He was also known for his skilful drawings of ecclesiastical architecture. He never married and, after his death at Llanyblodwel, the estate passed to his sister. (Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society [1892]; Archaeologia Cambrensis [1861])