Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet

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 the Barker's department store in Kensington, London, United Kingdom.

He was an Alderman of the first London County Council and 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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Fiennes Cornwallis
Member of Parliament for Maidstone
19001901
Succeeded by
Sir Francis Evans
Preceded by
Frederick John Horniman
Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth
19061910
Succeeded by
Charles Sydney Goldman
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Bishop's Stortford)
1908–1914
Extinct