John Barker (MP for Ilchester)

John Barker was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Barker was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. On 13 September 1651 he was elected alderman for the City of London for Bread Street ward.[1]

In 1659, Barker was elected Member of Parliament for Ilchester in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Barker married a daughter of Thomas Westrow who was alderman and sheriff of London in 1625.[3]

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