Rowland Barran

Sir Rowland Hirst Barran (7 August 1858 – 6 August 1949) was a British Liberal Party politician and Member of Parliament.

Rowland Barran

Sir Rowland Barran

Biography

Rowland Barran was born in 1858, the youngest son of Sir John Barran, a pioneer in clothing manufacture and Member of Parliament for Leeds and Otley.^[1]

Following the death of Frances Lupton in 1892, Rowland lived near Leeds at Frances's Beechwood Estate which had been entailed to her eldest son and fellow Liberal politician, Francis Martineau Lupton. Barran remained at Beechwood until Francis Martineau's death in 1921. Lupton and his family also owned the Newton Park Estate (North Leeds), the constituency of which Barran was M.P. from 1902–1918.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Barran bred Shorthorn livestock during his residency at Beechwood.^[7]

Barran became chairman of the family firm in 1918, succeeding his brother, Charles, who had succeeded their father in this post in 1903.

He was a member of the Leeds City Council alongside Alderman Francis Martineau Lupton, and served on the Leeds School Board before his election to parliament.^[8][4]

He was elected to the Parliament for Leeds North in a by-election on 29 July 1902 (caused by the elevation of William Jackson to the peerage),^[9] and served until the General Election of 14 December 1918.^[1] He was knighted in 1917.

During the course of World War I, Barran indicated he would stand down at the next election, probably to concentrate more on his business interests. In 1918, he became chairman of the family firm of clothing manufacturers, taking over that position from his brother.^[10]

Family

Barran married Rose Cardew Bradley. They had the following children:

• Rose Sylvia Barran
• Gwendoline Cardew Barran
• Captain Rowland Noel Barran (25 December 1887 – died 19 March 1919)
• Captain Hugh Bradley Barran (13 May 1889 – 19 May 1975)

References

1. D. T. Jenkins (2004). "Barran family (per. c.1842–1952)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52614. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
2. Bebbington, D. (1 March 2000). Gladstone Centenary Essays. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781781386651. Retrieved 30 October 2018. (Sir) Rowland Hirst Barran (1858–1949), of Beechwood, Roundhay, was sixth son of Sir John Barran, and MP, North Leeds (the Newton Park area), 1902–18; his was a famous victory attributed by Nonconformists and Passive Resisters to his .....
3. "Commonwealth Shipping Committee - 1920". H.M. Stationery Office, 1920. 1920. Retrieved 30 October 2018. Rowland Hirst Barran, of Beechwood, Roundhay, ...
4. Bradford, E. "They Lived in Leeds - Francis Martineau Lupton (1848-1921)". The Thoresby Society, The Leeds Library, 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
5. de Vries, S. (October 2018). Royal Marriages: Diana, Camilla, Kate & Meghan and princesses who did not live happily ever after. Pirgos Press 2018. ISBN 9781925283648. Retrieved 30 October 2018. Francis Martineau Lupton was a wealthy mill owner and industrialist turned philanthropist who owned Potternewton Hall (Estate) in Leeds and later lived in Georgian splendour in a rural mansion known as Beechwood.
6. "Births- Barran". 30 September 1892 - Yorkshire Evening Post Yorkshire, England. Retrieved 31 October 2018. BIRTHS. BARRAN.—September 19, 1892 at Beechwood, Roundhay, the wife of Rowland H. Barren, a daughter...
7. "Coates's Herd Book". Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland., 1903. 1903. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
8. "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36833. London. 30 July 1902. p. 10.
9. "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4962.
10. The Times, 30 November 1918, p. 9

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Rowland Barran

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Jackson	Member of Parliament for Leeds North 1902 – 1918	Succeeded by Alexander Farquharson