Robert Barker (MP for Colchester)

Robert Barker (1563 – 5 April 1618) was an English politician.

Biography

He was the third son of John Barker, a merchant of Bildeston, Suffolk. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and trained for law at the Inner Temple.^[1]

He was the Member of Parliament for Colchester, Essex four times between 1597 and 1621.^[1][2]

He became a JP for Harwich in 1601 and Essex in 1607 (until 1617) and was made Serjeant-at-Law for Colchester in 1612. He died in at Monkwick in 1618.^[1]

Family

He had married Margaret, the daughter of Robert Coke of Mileham, Suffolk; they had two sons and three daughters. he was succeeded by his eldest son Bestney.^[1]