▁help ▁the ▁Post master - General ▁to ▁choose ▁a ▁system ▁for ▁the ▁Imperial ▁W ire less ▁Ch ain . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁the ▁committee ▁reported ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Mar con i ' s ▁system . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁Parker ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁succeed ▁to ▁Lord ▁Mac n ag ht en ▁as ▁Lord ▁of ▁App e al ▁in ▁Ord inary , ▁an ▁unus ually ▁fast ▁progress ▁from ▁the ▁junior ▁bar . ▁He ▁was ▁created ▁a ▁life ▁peer , ▁taking ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Baron ▁Parker ▁of ▁W adding ton , ▁of ▁W adding ton ▁in ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁York shire , ▁and ▁was ▁sw orn ▁of ▁the ▁Priv y ▁Council . ▁ ▁As ▁an ▁app ell ate ▁judge , ▁Parker ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁reputation , ▁and ▁was ▁much ▁concerned ▁with ▁the ▁reputation ▁and ▁independence ▁of ▁the ▁court . ▁On ▁one ▁occasion , ▁a ▁polit ically ▁fra ug ht ▁case ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁law ▁l ords , ▁who ▁divided ▁ 4 ▁to ▁ 3 ▁along ▁party ▁lines . ▁Parker , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁minor ity , ▁proposed ▁to ▁a ▁judge ▁in ▁the ▁majority ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁deliver ▁each ▁other ' s ▁jud g ments , ▁an ▁offer ▁which ▁was ▁refused . ▁During ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁he ▁sat ▁on ▁appe als ▁from ▁prize ▁courts ▁in ▁the ▁Jud icial ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁Priv y ▁Council , ▁and ▁rapidly ▁master ed ▁the ▁intr icate ▁practice ▁in ▁prize ▁cases , ▁without ▁any ▁previous ▁experience ▁in