Sir (Joseph) John Jarvis, 1st Baronet (25 March 1876 – 3 October 1950)[1] was a British industrialist and philanthropist who became a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1950 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford in Surrey,[2] but is best known for his philanthropic and industrial efforts to assist the town of Jarrow in the economic depression of the 1930s.