Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet KBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (28 February 1868 – 31 May 1951) was an English

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 barrister

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 and Conservative Party

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 politician

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.

Montague-Barlow was born at St Bartholomew's Vicarage, Clifton, Gloucestershire

Clifton, Bristol

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. He received a Master's degree

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 and an LL.D. from the University of Cambridge

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 and practiced at the bar. Between 1910 and 1923 he represented Salford South

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 in the House of Commons

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. In 1922 Montague-Barlow was admitted to the Privy Council

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 upon becoming Minister of Labour

Secretary of State for Employment

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, a position he served in until 1924. He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1918 and in 1924 he was created a Baronet, of Westminster in the County of London.

Montague-Barlow died in May 1951, aged 83, when the baronetcy became extinct.