Tom Parker

Tom Parker is a character in Sanditon. He is married to Mrs. Parker and they are from the town of Sanditon on the coast of England. He has at least three siblings, Sidney, Diana, and Arthur. He is an entrepreneur who, with Lady Denham, is planning to make Sanditon into a fashionable seaside resort.Mr. Parker and his wife were passing through Willingden, headed home to Trafalgar House in the fishing town Sanditon, when their carriage crashed and Tom sprained his ankle. He and his wife were met by Charlotte Heywood and her siblings, and brought back to their house. They stayed with the Heywoods for a fortnight and then invited Charlotte to come with them to Sanditon for the summer.