Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay KBE DL JP was a Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of Sir Charles Barrie, he was educated at the High School of Dundee and Blairlodge School, Polmont. Barrie was Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918-1924 and for Southampton from 1931-1940.

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  • Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay KBE DL JP was a Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of Sir Charles Barrie, he was educated at the High School of Dundee and Blairlodge School, Polmont. Barrie was Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918-1924 and for Southampton from 1931-1940. 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. Barrie served during the war in an advisory capacity at the Transport Department of the Admiralty, and latterly in the Ministry of Shipping. 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. He was appointed a CBE in 1918 and knighted (KBE) in 1921. In 1940 he was created Baron Abertay, of Tullybelton, which title became extinct on his death. He also held the Russian Order of St Stanislaus and the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.
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  • Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay KBE DL JP was a Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of Sir Charles Barrie, he was educated at the High School of Dundee and Blairlodge School, Polmont. Barrie was Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918-1924 and for Southampton from 1931-1940.
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  • Charles Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay
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