John Barker (MP for Ilchester)
John Barker was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.
Barker was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. On 13 September 1651 he was elected alderman for the City of London for Bread Street ward.[1]
In 1659, Barker was elected Member of Parliament for Ilchester in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2]
Barker married a daughter of Thomas Westrow who was alderman and sheriff of London in 1625.[3]
References
- 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 75-119. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67242 Date accessed: 16 July 2011
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
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| Preceded by Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament |
Member of Parliament for Ilchester 1659 With: Richard Jones |
Succeeded by Not represented in restored Rump |
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