Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay KBE DL JP (1875 – 6 December 1940) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British Monarch 's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription with varying A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
The eldest son of Sir Charles Barrie, he was educated at the High School of Dundee and Blairlodge School, Polmont. The High School of Dundee, informally Dundee High School, is one of Scotland 's leading private or Independent schools, and the only such school in Polmont is a Village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland.
Barrie was Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918-1924 and for Southampton from 1931-1940. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Elgin Burghs was a District of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1983 Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons.
Barrie was also a shipowner and merchant, and held a number of business appointments including as a Director of the London and North Eastern Railway, of the Central Argentine Railway, of the Mercantile Bank of India, of Phoenix Assurance Company, and of Cable and Wireless Ltd. The The Central Argentine Railway (CA (in Spanish Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the Big Four Broad gauge,, British-owned companies that built Cable & Wireless ( is a British Telecommunications company In the mid-1980s it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative Telephone
Barrie served during the war in an advisory capacity at the Transport Department of the Admiralty, and latterly in the Ministry of Shipping. The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. He was the Minister of Munitions representative in Paris during the Peace Conference, and was a Member of the Supreme Economic Council. He also served as Chairman of the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes and as a Member of the Advisory Council to the General Post Office. The Navy Army and Air Force Institutes ( NAAFI) (ˈnæfiː is an organisation created by the British government in 1921 to run recreational establishments needed The General Post Office (GPO was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II and it eventually grew to combine the functions of both the state
He was appointed a CBE in 1918 and knighted (KBE) in 1921. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. In 1940 he was created Baron Abertay, of Tullybelton, which title became extinct on his death. Baron Abertay, of Tullybelton in the County of Perth was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He also held the Russian Order of St Stanislaus and the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. The Order of the Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenen is an Order of Denmark, instituted in
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Ebenezer Sutherland |
Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs 1918–1918 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by Walter Waring |
Member of Parliament for Banffshire 1918–1924 |
Succeeded by William Paterson Templeton |
| Preceded by Ralph Morley and Tommy Lewis |
Member of Parliament for Southampton 2-seat constituency (with William Craven-Ellis) 1931–1940 |
Succeeded by William Craven-Ellis and John Reith |
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