Robert Hewitt Barker (1887 – 14 February 1961) was a British

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

owner. He was the independent

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for Sowerby, 1918–1922, with the support of the

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. He became joint owner of the firm of Luke Barker and Sons, cotton spinners in

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. He was in the

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, rising to the rank of Major. He stood for Parliament in 1918, but did not stand again in 1922.

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*http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/robert_barker/sowerby UK MPs 1918–1922 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People from Todmorden 1887 births 1961 deaths Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom British Army personnel of World War I Lancashire Fusiliers officers {{UK-business-bio-1880s-stub