Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary Punishment Committee No.8 | Thu 27 August 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 3 months 22 days | |
| The Library Committee | Wed 12 August 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 4 months 7 days | |
| Audit of the Accounts of the Revenues Committee | Wed 12 August 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 4 months 7 days | |
| Standing Order Committee | Wed 12 August 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 4 months 7 days | |
| The Library Committee | Wed 12 August 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 4 months 7 days | |
| Member for Parramatta | Fri 10 October 1856 | Sat 19 December 1857 | 1 year 2 months 10 days | |
| Premier | Fri 03 October 1856 | Mon 07 September 1857 | 11 months 5 days | |
| Colonial Secretary | Fri 03 October 1856 | Mon 07 September 1857 | 11 months 5 days | |
| Additional Ministerial Department Committee No.12 | Wed 20 August 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 6 months 27 days | |
| Masters’ and Servants’ Acts Constitution Bill Committee No.8 | Wed 13 August 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 7 months 6 days | |
| City Commissioners’ Department Committee No.7 | Tue 12 August 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 7 months 7 days | |
| Audit of the Revenue Accounts Committee No.6 | Wed 06 August 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 7 months 13 days | |
| Petition of Peter Rawlings Committee No.5 | Wed 04 June 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 9 months 15 days | |
| Standing Order Committee No.3 | Tue 03 June 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 9 months 16 days | |
| Library Committee No.4 | Tue 03 June 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 9 months 16 days | |
| Appointed by Speaker’s Warrant | Wed 28 May 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 9 months 19 days | |
| Governor General's Opening Speech | Fri 23 May 1856 | Fri 23 May 1856 | 1 day | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Sat 29 March 1856 | Sat 19 December 1857 | 1 year 8 months 21 days | |
| Member for Parramatta | Sat 29 March 1856 | Fri 03 October 1856 | 6 months 5 days | |
| Chairman of Committees | Fri 17 October 1851 | Fri 29 February 1856 | 4 years 4 months 13 days | In first Legislative Council |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Mon 13 October 1851 | Fri 29 February 1856 | 4 years 4 months 17 days | Non-elective Member of the first Legislative Council |
| Chairman of Committees | Thu 17 May 1849 | Mon 30 June 1851 | 2 years 1 month 14 days | In first Legislative Council |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Fri 08 December 1848 | Mon 30 June 1851 | 2 years 6 months 23 days | Non-elective Member of the first Legislative Council |
| Chairman of Committees | Thu 28 May 1846 | Tue 20 June 1848 | 2 years 24 days | In first Legislative Council |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Mon 11 May 1846 | Tue 20 June 1848 | 2 years 1 month 10 days | Non-elective Member of the first Legislative Council |
Biography
Honours Received
Created a Knight in 1858. Appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG ) in 1877.
Personal information
Son of Thomas Watson Parker and his wife Mary Cornell. Married Emmeline Emily Macarthur on 21 November 1843 in New South Wales, youngest daughter of John Macarthur.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant; private means. Educated privately by Dr Waite, domestic chaplain to Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Advised to undertake sea travel for health, joined East India Co., visiting India, China, Cape of Good Hope. Then toured France, Holland, Belgium. No employment until 1837 when appointed private secretary to Governor Gipps. Arrived at Sydney with Gipps on 24 February 1838. Had extensive private means and built large house, Clovelly, at Watsons Bay. Crown trustee Australian Museum 1848, official trustee 1856-1857. Returned to England 1858, living at Stawell House, Richmond. Opposed Gladstone at Greenwich 1868. Commissioner of Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions 1879, 1880. Estate proved at under £140,000. His wife was a sister of James and William Macarthur (also Members of the Parliament of New South Wales).
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5
David Clune and Ken Turner (Editors), The Premiers of New South Wales: Volume 1
- 1856 - 1901, The Federation Press, Sydney, 2006 [Chapter 3: "Parker, Henry",
by Trevor McMinn, p. 55]