Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet

For other people named John Barker, see John Barker (disambiguation).

Sir John Barker

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 Barkers 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.

Sir John lived at The Grange, Rye Street, Bishop's Stortford. Its grounds included what is now Grange Park and Broadfield. His daughter Annie married Tresham Gilbey, one of the sons of Sir Walter Gilbey.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Barker
• 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
Preceded by Fiennes Cornwallis	Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1900–1901	Succeeded by Sir 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
New creation	Baronet (of Bishop's Stortford) 1908–1914	Extinct