Sir Peter Parker, second baronet

(1785-1814)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Parker, Sir Peter, second baronet (1785-1814), naval officer LBT ID: PeParke1814	B/BAP: 1785 DIED: 1814-08-31
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The brother of Byron's early love, Margaret Parker; he was killed in the American conflict of 1814, the occasion for Byron's “Elegy on the Death of Sir Peter Parker.”
REFERENCES TO Sir Peter Parker, second baronet: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 7 October 1814 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 6 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1814