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.
In 1659, Barker was elected Member of Parliament for Ilchester in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
Barker married a daughter of Thomas Westrow who was alderman and sheriff of London in 1625.
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 byNot represented in Second Protectorate Parliament | Member of Parliament for Ilchester 1659 With: Richard Jones |
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