Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet, (6 April 1840–16 December 1914) was a British entrepreneur of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was the founder of Barkers department store in Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
He was Liberal MP for Maidstone 1900-1901, and for the now abolished constituency of Penryn and Falmouth in Cornwall from 1906 to 1910. He was awarded a baronetcy in 1908.
[edit] External links
- The story of John Barker & Co Ltd, Kensington, London, from Michael Moss and Alison Turton, A Legend of Retailing: House of Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Fiennes Cornwallis |
Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1900–1901 |
Succeeded by Francis Evans |
| Preceded by Frederick John Horniman |
Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth 1906–1910 |
Succeeded by Charles Sydney Goldman |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet (of Bishop's Stortford) 1908–1914 |
Succeeded by (extinct) |
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