Sidney Parker (1852–1897) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1874 to 1875.Sidney Parker Profile on espn.co.uk
Early life The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on 3 October 1852 in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, the fifth son and seventh child of fifteen children of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.Burke, B. (1858). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 638, United Kingdom: Harrison. By the age of eighteen he had moved to Liverpool and was working as a merchant's apprentice.1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3785; Folio: 72; Page: 14; GSU roll: 841894.
Rugby union career Parker played his club rugby for Liverpool.Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p. 391 (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited). He made his winning international debut on 23 February 1874 at The Oval in the fourth meeting of England and Scotland. He again represented England against Scotland the following year in Edinburgh where the match was drawn.
Later life The Hon. Sidney Parker spent much of his time in India and became a Tea Planter in Assam.Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3884; Folio: 91; Page: 23; GSU roll: 6098994. He owned tea plantations in Assam of over 1,590 statute acres, known as The Oaklands Tea Estate.The Statist: A Journal of Practical Finance and Trade. (1898). p. 118, United Kingdom: Published at "The Statist" Office. Samples of tea from his estate were shown at the India and Ceylon exhibition at Earl's Court, London, in 1896Official catalogue & guide of the India and Ceylon exhibition : Earl's Court London, 1896, p. 150, London : J.J. Keliher & Co. He died on 21 May 1897 at Hans-house, Hans Street, Middlesex.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.
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