1678 Percy Barlow

Constituency :  Bedford  1906-10

Percy  took  Bedford  from  the  Tories  at  the  second  attempt.

Percy  was  the  younger  brother  of  the  Frome  MP,  Sir  John  Barlow.  He  was  educated  privately  and  at  Cambridge. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  a  Quaker.

Percy  supported  female  suffrage. He  also  urged  action  against  the  Lords.

In  January  1910  he  was  defeated  by  169  votes.

In  the  First  World  War,  Percy  served  as  a  lieutenant, initially  involved  in  recruiting. He  became  a  captain  in  1917  and  became  liaison  officer  to  the  Eastern  Command. He  became  the  director  of  National  Service  in  Hertford  after  the  war.

He  died  in  1931  aged  63.