John Parslow (British Army officer)

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]

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]