Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet

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.[5]

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  2. ^ D. W. Hayton (2002). "BARKER, Sir John, 4th Bt. (c.1655-96), of Ipswich, Suff". In D. Hayton; E. Cruickshanks; S. Handley (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715.
  3. ^ a b c d Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 36.
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Ipswich". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 136.