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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet (1721 – 21 December 1811) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he was deployed with a squadron under Admiral Edward Vernon to the West Indies at the start of the War of Jenkins' Ear. He saw action again at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession. As captain of the fourth-rate HMS ''Bristol'' he took part in the Invasion of Guadeloupe during the Seven Years' War. As a commodore, he was deployed to the North American Station, to provide naval support for an expedition led by General Sir Henry Clinton reinforcing loyalists in the Southern Colonies at an early stage of the American Revolutionary War. He led a naval attack against the fortifications on Sullivan's Island (later called Fort Moultrie after their commander), protecting Charleston, South Carolina. However after a long and hard-fought battle, Parker was forced to call off the attack, having sustained heavy casualties, including the loss of a ship. He subsequently served under Lord Howe in the invasion and capture of New York City and commanded the squadron that captured Long Island and Rhode Island. Parker went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, before being returned as Member of Parliament for Seaford and then as member for Maldon. He later became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. ==Early career== Born the third son of Rear-Admiral Christopher Parker, Parker joined the Royal Navy at an early age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet )〕 Promoted to commander on 17 March 1735, he was deployed with a squadron under Admiral Edward Vernon to the West Indies in 1739 at the start of the War of Jenkins' Ear.〔Heathcote, p. 205〕 Parker transferred to the second-rate HMS ''Russell'' and then to the bomb vessel HMS ''Firedrake'' in the Mediterranean Fleet and saw action again during the War of the Austrian Succession.〔 He was moved to the second-rate HMS ''Barfleur'', flagship of Rear-Admiral William Rowley, in January 1744 and took part in the Battle of Toulon in February 1744, before transferring to the second-rate HMS ''Neptune'', flagship of Vice-Admiral Richard Lestock, in March 1744 and returning to England.〔 Promoted to captain on 6 May 1747, he became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS ''Margate'' later that month and was deployed protecting commercial shipping, first in the Channel and then in the Mediterranean.〔 Parker became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Woolwich'' in 1757 and then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS ''Bristol'' in January 1759. In HMS ''Bristol'' he took part in the Invasion of Guadeloupe in May 1759 during the Seven Years' War.〔 He was given command of the third-rate HMS ''Buckingham'' in 1760 and took part in the capture of Belle Île in Spring 1761.〔 He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Terrible'' in 1762 and then retired from active service in 1763 at the end of the War.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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