George Parker Bidder, Jr.

George Parker Bidder Jr., QC (August 18, 1836 – February 1, 1896) was a British barrister who represented many water companies against the London County Council.

Early life and education

Bidder was born to George Parker Bidder a civil engineer and mathematics prodigy, known in his youth as the "calculating boy". There is a Grade II listed memorial to him on Mitcham Common, erected by public subscription in remembrance of his efforts to preserve the Common.

Personal life Bidder married Anna McClean (1839–1910), a daughter of John Robinson McClean. Their son, also named George Parker Bidder, was a marine biologist.

Bidder lived at Ravensbury Park House, which he received from his father in 1877. He died at Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, in 1896.