Background
He was born Clement Anderson Barlow at Street Bartholomew"s Vicarage, Clifton, Gloucestershire, and preferred to be known under his second name, Anderson, rather than his first, Clement.
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Anderson Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow
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He received a Master"s degree and an Doctor of Laws from the University of Cambridge and practiced at the Barometer
Career
Between 1910 and 1923 he represented Salford South in the House of Commons. In 1922 he was admitted to the Privy Council upon becoming Minister of Labour, a position he served in until 1924. In 1938, Neville Chamberlain"s government asked Barlow to chair a royal commission into the urban concentration of population and industry, "The Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population", which became known as the Barlow Commission.
Its report, published in 1940, raised the problem of large towns as a public issue for the first time, and concluded that "planned decentralisation" was favourable.
The report was largely ignored at the time, as it came shortly after the outbreak of World World War II, but its conclusions were a major factor behind the new towns movement after the war, which lead to the creation of 27 new towns. In 1946 Barlow changed his last name to Montague-Barlow.
Montague-Barlow died in May 1951, aged 83, when the baronetcy became extinct.
Achievements
Membership
30th United Kingdom Parliament. 31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party