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Charles BarrieKBE JP DL
Charles Barrie
Member of Parliament
for Elgin Burghs
In office
1918–1918
Preceded byJohn Sutherland
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Banffshire
In office
1918–1924
Preceded byWalter Waring
Succeeded byWilliam Templeton
Member of Parliament
for Southampton
In office
1931–1940Serving with William Craven-Ellis
Preceded byRalph Morley
Tommy Lewis
Succeeded byWilliam Craven-Ellis
John Reith
Personal details
BornCharles Coupar Barrie
(1875-06-07)7 June 1875
Died6 December 1940(1940-12-06) (aged 65)
Political partyLiberal Party
Liberal National
SpouseEthel Broom
Children3
Parents
  • Sir Charles Barrie (father)
  • Jane Ann Cathro (mother)
EducationHigh School of Dundee
Blairlodge School,

Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay, KBE, JP, DL (7 June 1875 – 6 December 1940), was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom.

Background and education

Charles Barrie was born in Glasgow, the eldest son of Sir Charles Barrie, Lord Provost of Dundee, and Jane Ann Cathro. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and Blairlodge School, Polmont.

Political career

Barrie served during the First World War in an advisory capacity at the Transport Department of the Admiralty, and latterly in the Ministry of Shipping. He was the Minister of Munitions representative in Paris during the Peace Conference, and was a Member of the Supreme Economic Council. He also served as Chairman of the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes and as a Member of the Advisory Council to the General Post Office. He was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918 to 1924 and later sat for Southampton from 1931 to 1940 as a Liberal National.

Barrie was appointed a CBE in 1918 and a KBE in 1921. On 26 June 1940, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Abertay, of Tullybelton in the County of Perth. He also held the Russian Order of St Stanislaus and the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.

Business career

Barrie was also a shipowner and merchant, and held a number of business appointments including as a Director of the London and North Eastern Railway, of the Central Argentine Railway, of the Mercantile Bank of India, of Phoenix Assurance Company, and of Cable and Wireless Ltd.

Personal life

In 1926, at age 51, he married Ethel Broom, only daughter of Sir James Broom, and died at Tullybelton, Perthshire, in 1940, leaving three daughters (June, Rosemary and Caroline). The peerage became extinct upon his death.

References

  1. "1875 BARRIE, CHARLES COUPAR (Statutory registers Births 644/13 486)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Lord Abertay". The Times. 9 December 1940. p. 7.
  3. "No. 34884". The London Gazette. 28 June 1940. p. 3941.
  4. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1948

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJohn Sutherland Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs
1918–1918 		Constituency abolished
Preceded byWalter Waring Member of Parliament for Banffshire
1918–1924 		Succeeded byWilliam Templeton
Preceded byRalph Morley
Tommy Lewis 		Member of Parliament for Southampton
1931–1940
With: William Craven-Ellis 		Succeeded byWilliam Craven-Ellis
John Reith
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Abertay
26 June 1940 – 6 December 1940 		Extinct
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