John Henry Barlow
(1855-1924)

Died aged c. 69

John Henry Barlow (3 October 1855 – 8 August 1924), widely called "the outstanding Quaker statesman of his generation", was an ambassador for peace in the war years and clerk of London Yearly Meeting for seven years. He was the person who most held the Society together at a taxing moment in its history. He was one of the first members of the Friends' Ambulance Unit. Later he served 23 years as the first secretary and general manager of the Bournville Village Trust. In 1920 he led a delegation to Ireland to look into the Black and Tans atrocities.

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John Henry Barlow (1855-1924) Quaker statesman, peace ambassador and first Secretary of the Bournville Village Trust from 1900-1923. In 1914 he helped set up the Friends' Ambulance Unit. Lived here 1900-1924

1020-1022 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they Lived here (1900-1924)