Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet
- 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 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.
External links
* [http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gallery/barkers/johnbarker.pdf 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.
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