Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet
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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.[3] 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, who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1731.[5]
