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Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet, ( 6 April 184016 December 1914 ) was a British Entrepreneur of the late 19th and early 20th Century . He was the founder of Barkers department store in Kensington , London , United Kingdom .

He was Liberal MP for Maidstone 1900 - 1901 , and for the now abolished Constituency of Penryn and Falmouth in Cornwall 1906 - 1910 . He was awarded a Baronetcy in 1908 .