Tuesday, 18 September 2018
2032 Robert Barclay
Constituency : Manchester Exchange 1923-4
Robert took Manchester Exchange from the Tories in a straight fight.
Robert was the son of a cotton merchant who ran ships to South America.He was educated at Uppingham School and Manchester University. He was the brother-in-law of the Taunton MP John Simpson. Robert went into the family firm but also had interests in banking, a boiler firm and the Manchester Ship Canal. He was President of Manchester Chamber of Commerce from 1914 to 1916. He was a member of Manchester City Council from 1917.
Robert was defeated in 1924 despite the absence of a Labour candidate. Labour intervention prevented him regaining the seat in 1929 although he held on to second place.
Robert led a trade delegation to Argentina in 1929. He was lord Mayor of Manchester that year. He was knighted in 1936. He served on the city's Emergency Committee during World War Two. Robert made a number of philanthropic bequests including Wray Castle to the National Trust.
He died in 1957 following an accident. He was 85.
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