Percy Barlow JP (11 July 1867 – 18 June 1931) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister.

Background and education

He was the youngest son of Thomas Barlow and his wife Mary Ann Emmott, daughter of George Emmott. His older brother was

Sir John Barlow, 1st Baronet Sir John Emmott Barlow, 1st Baronet (16 April 1857 – 17 September 1932) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. Barlow was the son of Thomas Barlow and his wife Mary Ann (née Emmott). He was educated at Windlesham House Scho ...

. Following private education, Barlow went to

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1889, and then to

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

, where he made his Master of Arts in 1893. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1892 and worked in the South-Eastern Circuit.

Career

Barlow contested Bedford unsuccessfully in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. Six years later, at the

1906 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1906. Asia * 1906 Persian legislative election Europe * 1906 Belgian general election * 1906 Croatian parliamentary election * Denmark ** 1906 Danish Folketing election ** 1906 Danish Landsting ele ...

he defeated the sitting Conservative Party MP entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, representing it until his defeat at the next general election in January 1910. Whilst an MP he voted in favour of the 1908 Women's Enfranchisement Bill. During the First World War, he served as recruiting officer, ranked as a lieutenant in 1915. He was promoted to captain in 1917 and became liaison office to the Eastern Command. After the war Barlow was nominated director of the national service in Hertford. In 1921, he was chosen deputy chairman of the Willesden Division of the Petty Sessions. He was appointed High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1927 and served as

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for that county.

Family

On 12 April 1892, he married Clara Frances Midelton, eldest daughter of William Staple Lee Midelton. They had four children, two sons and two daughters.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, Percy 1867 births 1931 deaths Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge High Sheriffs of Middlesex Members of the Inner Temple Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910