The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

DEATh OF VICE-ADWBAL PARKER, C.D.
We stated yesterday that Sg,Admiral HyditTiir
C.D., was so ill that he wa nit.'expocted to rec 6
and we now regret to annou #pis decease, which
place at Ham ye3terday morn
Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker as' he son of the e-
brated Sir Hyde Parker, and grataften otlice-Kfimirai
Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. The late descendant of those
illustrious flag-officers entered the navy in 1699, and in
early life saw much active war service, but started in
the navy as he was, his promotion was rapid, and in
later life he had the good fortune to be almost continu-
ously employed. He commanded the Rodney, 92, as
the finest two-decker in the navy. He served as com-
mander in chief of an experimental fleet, and for many
years as superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. He
was selected as senior naval lord of the Admiralty under
the Duke of Northumberland, and when the coalition
ministry succeeded Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker remained
as its senior prefessional member. - -
He married the daughter of the late Sir F. M. Eden,
Bart., sister of Captain Charles Eden, of the London, 90,
in the Black Sea, and his son, Captain Hyde Parker, cora-
-Man& the Firebiand, 6; steam-frigate, in the Black Sea...
By thedeath of Vice Admiral Parker, Captain Michael
Seymour (1826), now serving as captain of the fleet, bi-
comes rear admiral of the blue, placing a good-service
pension at the bestowal of the First Lord of the Ad-
niiialty.
The following account of the brilliant services of the
deceased Admiral is given in 0' Byr roes Naval. Bio.
graphy :-
" This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy Feb. 5,
1796, and embarked in September, 1799, as a volunteer on
board the Cambrian, 40, Captains the Hon. Arthur Kaye
Legge and George Henry Towry, employed at first in the
Channel and then in cruising among the Western
Islands. In November, 1801, he removed as midshipman
to the Narcissus, 32, Captain Ross Donelly ; and while in
that frigate, of which he was created an acting and a con-
firmed lieutenant October 6, 1603, and September, 24,
1801-, he saw much active service. On July 11, in the latter
year, in particular, he assisted with the boats of his own
ship and of the Maidstono and Seahorse, 10 in number,
under the orders of Lieutenant John Thomson, and was
highlyspoken of for his conduct at the capture and destruc-
tion of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour, in the Bay of
Hyere, after a conflict, in which the British, encountered
by a tremendous fire of grapeshot and musketry, as well
from the vessels themselves as from a battery and the houses
of the- town, sustained a loss of four men killed and 23
wounded. In the following year Mr. Parker, who, in
July, 1803, had contributed to the capture of L'Alcyon,
of 16 guns and 96 men, accompanied the expedition to the
Cape of Good Hope ; on her passage whether the Narcis-
sus, besides making prize of Le President privateer, of 12
guns and 70 men, retook the English merchant ship Hora-
tio Nelson, mounting 22 guns, and drove on -shore the
Napoleon privateer, of 32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently
to the reduction of the Cape' Mr. Parker on the surrender
there of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire, was placed on board
that ship, under the orders of the Captain the Hon. 'Thee-
line Percy. In June, 1806, having been advanced to the
rank of commander on the 22d of the preceding January,
he went on half-pay. His next-appointment was in March,
1807, to the Promotheus sloop ; from which vessel, for his
services during the expedition to Copenhagen, he was
promoted, October 13 following, to Post-rank. he after.
Wards obtained command, March 11, 1811, of the Mon.
• mouth, 61, bearing the flagin the Downs of Rear-Admiral
Thomas Foley; April 15,1812, of the Tenedos, 38, attached
to the force on the coast of North America, whence he re-
turned in August, 1815 ; March 15, 1818, of the Iphi.
genia, 46, which ship was paid off June 12, 1821; May 1,
1830, of the St. Vincent, 120, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
Foley, at Portsmouth ; February 16, 1831, of the Asia,
84, on the Lisbon station ; December 19 following, again
of tho Victory, employed as before, at Portsmouth, where
he remained until February, 1833; and August 29, 1835,
for upwards of four years and a half, of the Rodney, 92,
on the Mediterranean station. While in the Tenedos

Captain Parker was engaged, in company with the Shan-
non, 38, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, in blockading,
during the month of April 1813, the port of Boston, in
which lay the American frigates President and Congress ;
he afterwards, in. April, 1814, united with the Junon, 38,
Capt. Clotworthy Upton, in chasing the Constitution frigate
into Marblehead Harbour, whither he was prevented from
following her by a signal of recall from the Junon ; and on
January 15, 1815, he witnessed the surrender of the above-
named President to the British frigate Endymion, Captain
Henry Hope. In the Iphigenia, after having conveyed the
Duke of Richmond to Quebec, he proceeded to the West
Indies, where the fever in a few weeks carried off 84 of his
officers and men. On September, 5, 1831, Capt. Parker
was nominated an Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to King
William IV. He attained flag-rank November 23, 1841;
and from August 4, 1842, until the close of 1847, he held,
the appointment of Admiral-Superintendent at Ports•
mouth. In 1845 he commanded an experimental squadron.
He was nominated a C.B. April 18, 1839.", . - •