About Sidney Parker
Lived 1852 – 1897 (aged 44). Sidney Parker was a rugby union player.
Early life The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on 3 October 1852 in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, By the age of eighteen he had moved to Liverpool and was working as a merchant's apprentice.
Rugby union career Parker played his club rugby for Liverpool. He made his winning international debut on 23 February 1874 He owned tea plantations in Assam of over 1,590 statute acres, known as The Oaklands Tea Estate. Samples of tea from his estate were shown at the India and Ceylon exhibition at Earl's Court, London, in 1896 He died on 21 May 1897 at Hans-house, Hans Street, Middlesex.
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Who was Sidney Parker?
(1852-1897)
When was Sidney Parker born?
Sidney Parker was born on 3 October 1852.
When did Sidney Parker die?
Sidney Parker died on 21 May 1897.
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Sidney Parker was a rugby union player.
Sources & further reading
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