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BARKER, EDMUND, son of Edmund Barker, Gledhow, Leeds, Yorks., Alderman and Mayor of Leeds, and Anne, dau. of William Calverley, Alderman of Leeds; b. 14 Dec 1700 (IGI, recte ?); at school under Freind (Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., ed. W. W. R. Ball & J. A. Venn, iii, 57); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Nov 1717, aged 16, scholar 29 Apr 1720, matr. 1719; adm. Gray’s Inn 8 Nov 1718, called to bar 9 Feb 1726/7, Bencher 27 May 1742, Treasurer 26 May 1750; of Chapel Allerton and Potter Newton, Yorks.; d. unm.

BARKER, GEORGE FISHER RUSSELL, brother of Charles Mylne Barker (qv); b. 30 Oct 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1862 (James'); QS 1863; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1867, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1867, matr. Mich. 1867; BA 1871; MA 1874; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1873, called to bar 28 Jun 1876; practised as a conveyancer; contributed 300 articles to DNB; author of A Memoir of Richard Busby DD, 1895, and other works; edited The Westminster School Register 1764-1883, 1892, and compiled the greater portion of the present work; d. unm. 7 Jan 1927.

Barker, Guy Melville, son of Elliot Francis Barker, solicitor, and Marghareta Maria, d. of John Chapman-Walker of Whitby, Yorks; b. 10 Jan. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left July 1924; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928; area man. Trust Houses Ltd; KOYLI 1939-45 (Maj.), wounded N. Africa; m. 5 Oct. 1947 Katherine Georgina, d. of Thomas Johnstone of Breage, Cornwall; d. 23 Aug. 1969.

BARKER, HENRY RAINE, second son of Richard Barker, Fitzroy Square, London, and Margaret White (IGI); b. 11 Nov 1829; adm. 26 Jan 1843 (Benthall's); QS (Capt) 1844; rowed bow in the race against Eton 30 Jul 1846, and stroke in the same race 29 Jul 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848, Westminster Student to 1864; rowed in University Eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup, in University Four which won the Steward’s Cup, and in Christ Church pair which won the Silver Goblets at Henley Regatta, 1852; BA 1852; MA 1855; adm. Inner Temple 27 Jan 1858; a banker and army agent; m. 30 Jul 1868 Lina, second dau. of George Haynes; d. 23 Aug 1902.

BARKER, HENRY, b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1723/4; in under school list 1725.

BARKER, JOHN, son of John Barker, London; b.; adm.; KS 1701; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 15 Apr 1703, aged 17, matr. 1703.

BARKER, JOSEPH, son of Edward Barker, ironmaster, Wandsworth, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of William Glascock, Wandsworth, Surrey; bapt. 7 Oct 1651; at school under Busby 2 years (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb. , i, 438); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 May 1669, aged 17, matr. 1669.

Barker, Lancelot Elliot, brother of Guy Melville Barker (qv); b. 29 Feb. 1908; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1933; adm. a solicitor 1932, practised in London; Met. Stipendiary Magistrate 1960; m. 17 July 1937 Sylvia Marvell, sister of Michael Haworth-Booth (qv); d. 4 July 1972.