Edmond Parker

Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker, CB (30 January 1868 – 19 August 1951) was a Royal Navy officer.

Life and career The son of Sir William Parker, 9th Baronet, Parker came from a family with strong naval connections over five generations. His grandfather was Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, First Naval Lord from 1852 to 1854; his great-grandfather was Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, and his great-great-grandfather was Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet. An uncle, Captain Hyde Parker (1824–1854) was killed storming Russian batteries in the Sulina Channel during the Crimean War.

Parker entered HMS Britannia in July 1881, was promoted to lieutenant in 1891, and to commander in 1901. and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1918.

After the war, Hyde served as Director of Naval Mobilisation from 1918 to 1919.

He was promoted to vice-admiral on 25 March 1923, and was placed on the retired list on the following day. Four years later he was advanced to the rank of admiral on the retired list on 1 August 1927.