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unusual facts about Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of Morley


Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley

He died in February 1905, aged 61, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edmund.


Amherst, New Hampshire

Franklin Pierce, who later become the 14th President of United States of America, studied under Judge Edmund Parker in Amherst.

Bok Fu

Chow passed his Kenpo Kung-Fu knowledge down to Edmund Parker.

Nicholas Raymond Cerio

Through his participation in karate tournaments he came in contact with Edmund Parker.

Whiteway House

Lord Boringdon's grandson Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (1810–1864) married in 1842 Harriet Parker (1809–1897), his second cousin and sister and heiress of Montagu E.N. Parker, and Whiteway thus returned into the possession of the senior line of the family when it became in 1897 the inheritance of Hariett's son Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843–1905).

William Kwai Sun Chow

His many students included Edmund Parker, Joseph D. and Adriano D. Emperado, Ron Alo, Paul Yamaguchi,Abe KAMAHOAHOA, Bobby Lowe, Ralph Castro, Sam Kuoha, Bill Chun Sr., John Leone, William G. (Billy) Marciarelli (Kachi/Kenpo), and Paul Pung.

William Chow’s legacy grew as kenpo spread to the United States mainland with Parker (American Kenpo), Ralph Castro (Shaolin Kenpo), Adriano Emperado and his students (Kajukenbo, Karazenpo go shinjutsu) and later with George Pesare founder of the East Coast branch of Karazenpo/Kempo and his studentNick Cerio, who was instrumental in bringing kenpo to students in the eastern United States.


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