His father brought him in for Stockbridge at the 1820 general election. Barham opposed the Liverpool government on most major issues and supported Catholic claims. Retired at the dissolution in 1826. He was elected again for Stockbridge in 1831 and supported the Grey ministry’s reform bill. He also did not oppose the extinction of Stockbridge by the 1832 Reform Act. Although he stood for Westmoreland in 1832 as a supporter of Grey and the Whigs he was defeated by the Tory Lowther interest. But he was elected for Kendal, 17 February 1834. He was an idle MP: he was mainly absent from 1834 onwards and had previously done little in Parliament. Re-elected for Kendal at the 1835 general election but by 1836 reported that he was under medical superintendence and in March 1837 he was certified by a commission of lunacy as of ‘unsound mind’.
James Owen, 'Barham, John Foster (1799-1838)' forthcoming in the History of Parliament Online 1832-1868
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Stockbridge Hampshire1820 - 1826
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Stockbridge Hampshire1831 - 1832
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Kendal Westmorland1834 - 1837
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
