Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.
Early life
John Nicholson Barran was born on 16 August 1872 in Leeds.He was the son of John Barran and the grandson of Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet. His mother was Eliza Henrietta Nicholson, daughter of Edward Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
He succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy in 1905.Barran was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1909 as the Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs
Personal life
He married firstly, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston on 18 November 1902, Alice Margarita Parks, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, rector of Emmanuel church. They had three sons and one daughter. After his first wife's death in 1939, he married secondly in 1946 Esther Frances Fisher, daughter of New Zealand politician Frank Fisher.His eldest son Sir John Leighton Barran succeeded in the baronetcy. His youngest son Sir David Barran became a prominent businessman and served as Managing Director and Chairman of Shell.
Death
Barran died in July 1952, aged 79 in Ripon.Electoral history
He was re-elected with a large majority in January 1910He was returned unopposed in December 1910. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1910 to 1916. After the war he tried unsuccessfully to return to parliament, standing as Liberal candidate for Kingston upon Hull North West at the general elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924.
Apart from his political career he was a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.