Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet explained

Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet (1655  - 14 August 1696)[1] was an English baronet and Tory[2] politician.

He was the second son of Sir John Barker, 2nd Baronet and Winifred Parker, daughter of Sir Philip Parker. In 1665, he succeeded his older brother Jeremy as baronet.[3] Barker was educated at Merton College, Oxford.

In 1680, he entered the British House of Commons and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich until his death in 1696.[4]

Barker married Bridget Bacon, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon.[3] They had a daughter and a son.[3] Barker was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son William.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225046/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 8 May 2009 .
  2. Book: D. W. Hayton . 2002 . BARKER, Sir John, 4th Bt. (c.1655-96), of Ipswich, Suff . D. Hayton . E. Cruickshanks . S. Handley . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 .
  3. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 36 .
  4. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Ipswich . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231414/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Icommons.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 8 May 2009 .
  5. Book: Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton . The House of Commons, 1690-1715 . III . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 2002 . 136 .

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