BARKER, WILLIAM [SSNE 1961]

Surname

BARKER

First name

WILLIAM

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

William Barker was an English envoy who served the English Parliament on missions abroad in the mid-1640s. Bell informs us that Barker went to Sweden, Denmark and the Hanse towns between 1643 and 1644.

 

Source: G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).

Parliamentarian; English Civil War; British Civil Wars

Service record

ENGLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1643-11-24

Departed 1644-04-30

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY

ENGLAND, SWEDEN

Arrived 1643-11-24

Departed 1644-04-30

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY