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of the Star of India ; took part in the forcing of the passage of the Dardanelles,
and at the operations there and at Besika and Baklar Bays, the second passage
of the Dardanelles, and the defence of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 1879, Sep.
20, Sub. Lt., "Dragon," served during Egyptian war (Medal, Khedive's
Bronze Star). 1884, Jun. 30, Lt., served in naval and military operations
near Suakim, E. Soudan, 1884-5 (Clasp). 1884, Dec. 28, ret. (N.L., 1872-88,
which does not mention services of 1875).
Fifth son of Charles Edward Parke, 353-4; b. 1859, Mar. 23, and bap.
Apr. 28, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. On leaving the Navy, he entered
the service of the Royal Niger Constabulary and as Acting Commandant
went up the Niger and Beune rivers and was stationed at Brass where he
gained a knowledge of the natives, utilised in his melodrama, "True Blue,
or Ashore and Afloat," Olympic Theatre, London, 1896, Mar. ig — Apr. 25.
He was engaged as civil engineer and pioneer by the Imperial British East
Africa Co. and surveyed the first telegraph wire in East Africa from Melinda to
Mombasa. In 1895 he was secretary of a company to buy Nelson's old
ship the " Foudroyant " [Times, 1893, Oct. 30-31). Portrait and biography in
The Sketch, 1896, Mar. 11.
1306=7- Theodore. 1788, Jun. 24, Surg.'s Mate, 6oth Ft. 1791, Nov.
I, Hosp. Mate. 1793, Oct. i6, Surg., 13th Ft. 1794, Nov. 4, Apoth. to
Forces on the continent under the Duke of York (L.G., 1088). 1793, Sep.,
embarked for Jamaica with a body of troops, which first took possession of
a part of the Island of St. Domingo. 1796, Oct. 25, Surg, to the Garrison,
Jamaica; Dec. 3, Asst. Insp. of Hosp. for the forces {ibid., 1016, 1169);
served there until the final evacuation of the island towards the end of 1798.
1799-1803, Mar., Head of Med. Dep., VV. Indies. 1800, May 30, Dep. Insp.
1807, Head of Med. Dept., expedition to S. America under Gen. Whitelock.
1809-10, h.p. 1810, Feb. 27, Principal Insp., Army Med. Dept., Member of
Med. Board, (ibid., 287 ; A.L., 1794- 1844; Hart's A.L., 1840-4: G.M., vol.
19, N.S., p. 329).
Son of Rev. George William Algernon (1724-94), minister of Keith, who
was son of Rev. Theodore (1701-79) and Anne, dau. of Prof. George, V. of
Kethock's Mill, b. 1770; King's Coll., Aberdeen, 1782-6, M.D., 1796; in-
herited estate of Overhall, as heir portioner of line and prov. gen. to George
Leith, 1817, Oct. 18; lived for years at Ythan Lodge, Aberdeenshire; d.
aunt. 1843, Jan. 28, in Duke St., Portland PI., London ; had a nat. son,
Theodore 1789- 1870, editor of the //oraZdn^/crt/ Mag. (J. M. Bulloch in S.N.
and Q., 1900, Jul.). First cousin of Algernon Hyndman, 243, and John, 985 ;
second cousin of Theodore, 1310-