American-born military officer and colonial administrator (1664–1710)
Daniel Parke Jr.
A portrait of Parke by John Closterman
Governor of the Leeward Islands
In office 1706–1710
Monarch
Queen Anne
Preceded by
John Johnson
Succeeded by
Walter Hamilton
Personal details
Born
1664 Queen's Creek, Virginia
Died
December 7, 1710(1710-12-07) (aged 45–46) Antigua, Leeward Islands
Spouse
Jane Ludwell (m. 1685)
Children
5, including Lucy
Parent(s)
Daniel Parke Sr. Rebecca Evelyn
Profession
Military officer, planter, politician, colonial administrator
Military service
Allegiance
England
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Schellenberg
Battle of Blenheim
Colonel Daniel Parke Jr. (1664 – December 7, 1710) was an American-born military officer, planter, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Leeward Islands from 1706 to 1710, when he was lynched by a mob in Antigua. Best known for his military service in Europe under the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession, Parke was the only governor in Britain's American colonies to be murdered.
Born in 1664 in the colony of Virginia into a prominent colonial family, Parke was sent to England at a young age before returning to English North America in 1674. In 1685, he married Jane Ludwell, the daughter of colonial official Philip Ludwell. Parke returned to Virginia after a second stay in England and pursued a career in politics, being elected to the House of Burgesses in 1693 and appointed to sit on the Governor's Council in 1695.
In 1701, he moved to England for a second time and in the next year began serving as an aide-de-camp to Marlborough after the War of the Spanish Succession broke out. After the 1704 Battle of Blenheim, he personally delivered the duke's victory dispatch to Queen Anne. Parke did not receive the governorship of Virginia as he had hoped, and instead was subsequently appointed as the governor of the Leeward Islands in 1706.
Parke travelled to Antigua in 1706, focusing his efforts on improving colonial fortifications and suppressing smuggling. Popular discontent against his administration resulted in two assassination attempts against him. In December 1710, tensions came to a head between Parke and the island's colonists as a mob of militiamen attacked his house, murdering him. After his death, Parke's estates and debts were passed onto his children.
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Colonel DanielParke Jr. (1664 – December 7, 1710) was an American-born military officer, planter, politician and colonial administrator who served as...
the upper half of first ladies by historians. Martha Dandridge married DanielParke Custis on May 15, 1750, and the couple had four children, only one of...
especially those raised by President Washington. The only acknowledged son of DanielParke Custis, a wealthy planter with nearly three hundred slaves and thousands...
Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was an American plantation owner, antiquarian, author, and playwright. His father John Parke Custis...
John Parke Custis, the son of Martha Washington and her first husband, DanielParke Custis; and his wife Eleanor Calvert, the daughter of Benedict Swingate...
child of Martha Custis, who later became known as Martha Washington, and DanielParke Custis, who died one year after she was born. She was called "Patsy"...
Maryland, the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis. Her father was the only surviving son of DanielParke Custis and his widow, Martha...
of John Parke Custis, son of Martha Washington and her first husband DanielParke Custis, and his wife Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Benedict Swingate Calvert...
Assembly, sitting there for a year. Custis married Frances Parke, the eldest daughter of DanielParke, in 1706. In 1714, his father John died, passing control...
private owner of Arlington Estate. She was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis who was the grandson of Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington...
had four children with DanielParke Custis. The two oldest (who died before her marriage to George Washington) are: DanielParke Custis (November 19, 1751...
first marriage to DanielParke Custis. These stepchildren were Daniel Custis (1751–1754), Frances Custis (1753–1757), John "Jacky" Parke Custis (1754–1781)...
the senior councillor by 1743. Byrd courted Lucy Parke, daughter of Jane Ludwell Parke and DanielParke (1664–1710), who was Governor of the Leeward Islands...
DanielParke Custis (1711–1757) Fourth generation John Parke Custis (1754–1781) Fifth generation Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776–1831) Martha Parke Custis...
the Assembly of Antigua and her lover, DanielParke, governor of the British Leeward Islands. Katharine and Parke had been discovered, when Edward walked...
John IV, who was born in August 1678. John Custis IV was the father of DanielParke Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis's first husband, Martha's Second husband...
Vernon in Virginia. "Uncle Harkless," as he was called by George Washington Parke Custis, served as chief cook at the Mansion House for many years. In November...
freed at the age of twenty-five. When Martha Washington's first husband, DanielParke Custis, died without a will, she received a life interest in one-third...
was a descendant of Martha Washington through her first marriage to DanielParke Custis, and also descended from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore...
dower slaves owned by the estate of Martha Washington's first husband, DanielParke Custis, on behalf of their grandchildren. Washington's will was widely...
woods beyond Lutzingen The message was carried to London by Colonel DanielParke. Churchill states 171 standards and 129 colours. Lynn 2013, p. 294. Chandler...
(1808–1873) great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband DanielParke Custis. Catharine Mildred Lee (1811–1856), who married Edward Vernon...
September 3, 1699 Kota Tinggi, Johor Johor Sultanate Megat Sri Rama DanielParke Governor of the Leeward Islands December 7, 1710 Antigua British Leeward...
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