Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

The Right Honourable The Earl of Macclesfield PC FRS
Portrait after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1712).
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 12 May 1718 – 7 January 1725
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Walpole (1721–1725)
Preceded by	In Commission
Succeeded by	In Commission
Personal details
Born	(1666-07-23)23 July 1666 Staffordshire, England
Died	28 April 1732(1732-04-28) (aged 65)
Occupation	Politician

Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, PC, FRS (23 July 1666 – 28 April 1732) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1710. He was Lord Chief Justice from 1710 to 1718 and acted briefly as one of the regents before the arrival of King George I in Britain. His career ended when he was convicted of corruption on a massive scale and he spent the later years of his life in retirement at his home, Shirburn Castle in Oxfordshire.