Sir John Denman Barlow, 2nd Baronet (15 June 1898 – 5 January 1986) was a British Conservative Party politician, and before that was a British Liberal Party member. Barlow was the son of Sir John Barlow, 1st Baronet, and his wife the Hon. Anna Maria Barlow, daughter of Thomas, 3rd Baron Denman. He was educated at

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along with his brother, Thomas, and numerous other well-known

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luminaries of the day. He initially worked in his father's hugely successful Far Eastern Trading business before standing as a Liberal candidate for

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, moving to the National Liberal Party and being elected for Eddisbury in

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. After unsuccessfully contesting

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in the 1950 election, Barlow was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, succeeding the Conservative Ernest Everard Gates. He held his seat at the 1955 election, the 1959 election and the 1964 election, but at the 1966 general election, he was defeated by Labour's Denis Coe. Barlow married the Hon. Helen Diana, daughter of

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, in 1928. They had three sons and one daughter. He died in January 1986, aged 87, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John. Lady Barlow died the same year.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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* 1898 births 1986 deaths 402 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 People educated at Leighton Park School Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub