John Henry Barrow

John Henry Barrow (1817 – 22 August 1874) was a Congregational minister, journalist and South Australian politician.

Early life Barrow was born in England, son of John Barrow. After he studied for the Congregational ministry at Hackney College, he took charge of the Congregational Church at Market Drayton in Shropshire, where he also ran a school.

Career in Australia Barrow emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, in the hope that a change of climate would be beneficial to the health of his invalid wife, arriving in September 1853 on the Hannah Maria with his wife and four children, and obtained a position in the office of the South Australian Register.

He joined the seventh Henry Ayers ministry as Treasurer of South Australia in March 1872, holding the position until Ayers resigned in July 1873.

John Barrow was also the first Mayor of the newly created municipality of the Town of Unley, and was an active member of the South Australian Free Rifle Corps.

Late life In mid-1873, Barrow's health declined; he died in Adelaide on 22 August 1874 of an effusion on the brain. He was married twice and left a widow, three sons and three daughters. Margaretta Anna Barrow (c. 1853 – 16 July 1937) married Henry Lancaster Beddome ( – ) on 17 February 1881. The two sisters died in the same week. On 15 August 1865 Barrow married again, to Mary Burden (died 10 May 1907), the widow of Philip H. Burden (c. 1823 – 3 March 1864), and adopted her children, who included Philip Henry Burden Jr. (1851 – 5 October 1902), the eldest adopted son, married Rachel Ann English (died 23 August 1940) on 25 February 1875. She was a daughter of Thomas English. Frederic Britten Burden (1852 – 30 January 1897) married Ada Hallett on 20 May 1879. He was a businessman and newspaper editor in South Australia Annie Burden (1854 – ) Florence Burden (13 November 1858 – 19 January 1939) married Dr. William Thornborough Hayward (26 June 1854 – 21 December 1928) on 26 June 1879. Florence, also writing as "Firenze", was a published author.

Mary married again, to Benjamin Cowderoy on 25 November 1878.