Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.Background
Barran was the son of John Barran and the grandson of Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet. His mother was Eliza Henrietta, daughter of Edward Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He married firstly Alice Margarita, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, in 1902. They had three sons and one daughter. His youngest son Sir David Barran became a prominent businessman and served as Managing Director and Chairman of Shell. After his first wife's death in 1939 he married secondly Esther Frances, daughter of Francis Marion Bates Fisher, in 1946. Barran died in July 1952, aged 79, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John.Political career
Barran was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1909 as the Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs.
He was re-elected with a large majority in January 1910
He was returned unopposed in December 1910. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1910 to 1916. After the war he tried unsuccessfully to return to parliament, standing as Liberal candidate for Kingston upon Hull North West at the general elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924.
Apart from his political career he was a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
