Thom's Irish Who's Who/Barbour, John Milne

2904705Thom's Irish Who's Who — Barbour, John Milne


BARBOUR, John Milne, M.A. (Oxon.) (M.P. for Co. Antrim, Northern Parliament, Ireland, from 1921); is a D.L., J.P. Co. Antrim (High Sheriff, 1905), and for Co Down (High Sheriff, 1907); Chairman and Managing Director of the Linen Thread Co., Ltd., Glasgow, and of Wm. Barbour & Sons, Ltd., of Hilden, Lisburn; Chairman of the Ulster Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.; a Director of the Great Northern Railway, Ireland; a Harbour Commissioner, Belfast; was President of Chamber of Commerce, 1911: Parliamentary and Financial Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Northern Parliament. Ireland, from 1921; son of John D. Barbour, D.L., J.P., of Hilden, Lisburn; b. 1868; m. 1899, a dau. of Robert Barbour, of Paterson, New Jersey. Res.: Conway House, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.