Background
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Parkyns, 3rd Baronet (1728–1806) of Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Queen"s College, Cambridge.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Parkyns, 3rd Baronet (1728–1806) of Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Queen"s College, Cambridge.
As an officer in the British Army he was, from 1783 to 1790, equerry to His Royal Highness Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, the third son of the Frederick, Prince of Wales. After Prince Henry"s death in 1790, Parkyns took over the lease of Rookley Manor, Hampshire until his own death from oedema in 1800, whereby he predeceased his father. He was elected Member of Parliament for Stockbridge in 1784, sitting until 1790 and then as Member of Parliament for Leicester in 1790, sitting until 1800.
In 1787 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society as "a Gentleman well versed in various branches of Science" In 1795 he was made an Irish peer as Baron Rancliffe.
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Royal Society.