Sir John Barlow, 1st Baronet explained

Sir John Barlow
Term Start:1896
Term End:1918
Term Start1:1892
Term End1:1895
Predecessor1:Viscount Weymouth
Successor1:Viscount Weymouth
Birth Date:16 April 1857
Parents:Thomas Barlow
Mary Ann Emmott
Signature:john-e-barlow-signature.svg

Sir John Emmott Barlow, 1st Baronet (16 April 1857 – 17 September 1932) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.

Barlow was the son of Thomas Barlow and his wife Mary Ann (née Emmott). He was educated at Windlesham House School, Grove House School, Tottenham and the University of London.[1] He was a senior partner in the family firms of Thomas Barlow & Brothers, of Manchester and London, and Barlow and Company, of Calcutta, Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur which traded in tea, coffee, rubber and such.[2] He sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Frome in Somerset from 1892 to 1895 and from 1896 to 1918, and was a justice of the peace for Cheshire and Somerset and a County Alderman for Cheshire. In 1907 he was created a baronet, of Bradwall Hall in Sandbach in the County of Chester.

Barlow married the Hon. Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Denman and Helen Mary McMicking, on 13 July 1895.[3] They had two sons and two daughters. He died in September 1932, aged 75, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John, who was a Conservative MP. Lady Barlow died in 1965.

Escutcheon:Per pale Ermine and Gules three chevrons counterchanged over all two lions combatant Or.
Crest:A lion sejant affrontée Or holding erect in the forepaws a cross crosslet fitchée Gules.
Motto:Qui Non Proficit Deficit[4]

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  1. Book: Malden, Henry C.. Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902. H. & C. Treacher. 1902. 2nd. Brighton.
  2. Web site: Manuscripts Department – Barlow Collection. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060924145920/http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/barlow.html. 2006-09-24.
  3. Web site: Sir John Emmott Barlow, 1st Bt. . Lundy . Darryl . thepeerage.com. 5 April 2011. 29 January 2011.
  4. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1949.