John Parslow (British Army officer)

John Parslow
Died	15 November 1786 Bath, Somerset
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Seven Years' War[1]

General John Parslow (died 15 November 1786) was a British Army general of the 18th century.

Military career

Parslow served as a junior officer with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.[2] He became colonel of the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot in April 1758,[3] colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot in September 1760[4][5] and colonel of the 30th Regiment of Foot in April 1770.[6] He was promoted to full general on 20 November 1782.[7]

He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1761 to 1762.[8]

Family life

John Parslow married Margaret Hillersden, the daughter of the Whig MP for Bedford, William Hillersden, and his wife Elizabeth.[9] Parslow's daughter Charlotte predeceased him on 11 June 1786.[10] Parslow himself died at the town of Bath on 15 November 1786.[2]

References

1. Biographical account of John Hadley, Vice President of the Royal Society and the Inventor of the Quadrant and of his brothers, George and Henry Hadley. R.B. Bate. 1835. p. 26.
2. "General John Parslow 1758 - 1760". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
3. "70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
4. "54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
5. "No. 10039". The London Gazette. 27 September 1760. p. 1.
6. "30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
7. Haydn's Book of Dignities (1851) p. 318.
8. Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 277.
9. "Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
10. Lynne Squires (1885). "East Barnet: Cass, Frederick Charles, b. 1824". Retrieved 4 January 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by New post	Colonel of the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot 1758–1760	Succeeded by Cyrus Trapaud
Preceded by John Grey	Colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot 1760–1770	Succeeded by Mariscoe Frederick
Preceded by John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun	Colonel of the 30th Regiment of Foot 1770–1786	Succeeded by William Roy