Sir Phillip Parker
- Born: 1601
- Christened: 9 April 1601
- Died: 22 June 1675, Wenham, Suffolk aged 74
- Buried: 26 June 1675, Erwarton, Suffolk
 General Notes:
He was admitted at Queens College, Cambridge on 18 April 1618 and admitted at the Inner Temple in 1621. He was made a knight batchelor on 19 November 1624 at Newmarket, Suffolk and came into possession of the family estate at Erwarton and was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1637.
In April 1640, Parker was elected Member of Parliament for Suffolk in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648 whe he was excluded under Pride's Purge. He was knighted in 1640.
Parker married Dorothy Gawdy, daughter of Sir Robert Gawdy of Claxton, Norfolk. Their son Philip later became a baronet. Dorothy was buried in Erwarton, Suffolk on 16 January 1639, in the parish register she is shown as Dame Dorothy, Lady Parker.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: High Sheriff of Suffolk, 1637, Suffolk.
• Occupation: MP, 1640, Suffolk.
• Marriage: to Dorothy Gawdy.
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