Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet
British politician (1872–1952)
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Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Baronet (16 August 1872 – 8 July 1952) was a British Liberal Party politician.
John Barran | |
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| Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs | |
| In office 5 March 1909 – 14 December 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1872 Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Died | 8 July 1952 (aged 79) Ripon, North Yorkshire, England |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouses | Alice Margarita Parks
(m. 1902, died)Esther Frances Fisher
(m. 1946) |
| Relations | John Barran (grandfather) |
| Children | 4, including David |
Early life
John Nicholson Barran was born on 16 August 1872 in Leeds.[1]
He was the son of John Barran and the grandson of Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet. His mother was Eliza Henrietta Nicholson, daughter of Edward Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
Career
He succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy in 1905.
Barran was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1909 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hawick Burghs
Personal life
He married firstly, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston on 18 November 1902, Alice Margarita Parks, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, rector of Emmanuel church.[3][4] They had three sons and one daughter. After his first wife's death in 1939, he married secondly in 1946 Esther Frances Fisher, daughter of New Zealand politician Frank Fisher.
His eldest son Sir John Leighton Barran (1904–1974) succeeded in the baronetcy. His youngest son Sir David Barran became a prominent businessman and served as Managing Director and Chairman of Shell.
Death
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir John Barran | 3,028 | 54.7 | ||
| Liberal Unionist | Halford John Mackinder | 2,508 | 45.3 | ||
| Majority | 520 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 92.8 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
He was re-elected with a large majority in January 1910
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir John Barran | 3,261 | 59.0 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Unionist | James Edward Graham | 2,268 | 41.0 | −4.3 | |
| Majority | 993 | 18.0 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 91.7 | −1.1 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
He was returned unopposed in December 1910.[7] He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1910 to 1916. After the war he tried unsuccessfully to return to parliament, standing as Liberal candidate for Kingston upon Hull North West at the general elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Albert Lambert Ward | 14,904 | 57.1 | ||
| Liberal | Sir John Barran | 11,204 | 42.9 | ||
| Majority | 3,700 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Albert Lambert Ward | 12,674 | 50.2 | ||
| Liberal | Sir John Barran | 12,559 | 49.8 | ||
| Majority | 115 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 73.7 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Albert Lambert Ward | 15,072 | 53.3 | ||
| Liberal | Sir John Barran | 8,080 | 28.5 | ||
| Labour | Ferdinand Louis Kerran | 5,151 | 18.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,992 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 81.2 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Apart from his political career he was a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.