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2 unusual facts about Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet


Leighton Parks

He was living with his daughter Alice Margareta Parks, wife of Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Bt, in London at the time of his death.

Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet

Barran died in May 1905, aged 83, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson John, his eldest son John Barran having predeceased him.


Bibby Line

In 2002 Sir Derek Bibby, 2nd baronet, and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukemia.

Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet

By 1851 he had moved to Briggate and in 1856 he had a factory with 20-30 sewing machines.

Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet

Barran married firstly Alice Margarita, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, in 1902.

St Pauls House, Leeds

Built in 1878 as a warehouse and cloth cutting works for Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet, this is a Grade II* listed building.


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