Family and Education
b. c. 1616, 2nd s. of Abel Barker (d.1637) of Hambleton by Elizabeth Wright. m. c. July 1646, Anne (d. Jan. 1648), da. of Sir Thomas Barton, 1st Bt., of Stockerston, Leics., 1s.; (2) 6 Sept. 1655, Mary, da. of Alexander Noel of Whitwell, Rutland, 3da. suc. bro. 1648; cr. Bt. 9 Sept. 1665.Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. lxxiii), 32; HMC 5th Rep. 389, 391; The Gen. ii. 333.
Offices Held
Commr. for raising moneys, Rutland 1645, sheriff 1646 – 47, j.p. 1647 – 52, 1653 – d., commr. for assessment 1657, Jan. 1660 – d., militia 1659, Mar. 1660, dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for sewers, Lincs. Aug. 1660, loyal and indigent officers, Rutland 1662, enclosures, Deeping fen 1665.
Main residences: Hambleton; Lyndon, Rutland.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BARKER, Sir Abel (c.1616-79)
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Oxford 1644
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