Charles Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay

Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay KBE JP DL (1875 – 6 December 1940) was a businessman and 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 served during the First World 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 Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Elgin Burghs briefly during 1918, for Banffshire from 1918–1924 and later sat for Southampton from 1931-1940 as a Liberal National.

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