Background
Bartley was born at Stoke Newington, the son of Robert Bartley and his wife Julia Anne Lucas.
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Bartley was born at Stoke Newington, the son of Robert Bartley and his wife Julia Anne Lucas.
He was educated at Clapton, London and University College School.
He entered public service and worked for twenty years at the Science and Art Department, becoming Assistant Director. He was interested in poverty and social issues and published works on education and on building self-reliance He supported technical education, and was treasurer of the Society of Arts. He established a Penny Bank, which became the National Penny Bank.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster.
Trout Bartley stood for parliament in Hackney at the 1880 general election, but was unsuccessful. He announced that he would stand again when a suitable opportunity arose, and contested the Hull West by-election in November 1907.
In 1902 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He was in South Africa when the Boer War broke out. In 1864, Bartley married Mary Charlotte Cole the daughter of Henry Cole superintendent of the Science and Art Department.
They had four sons. Their son Captain Stanhope Cole Bartley Royal Artillery was KIA 12/03/1916.
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He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Islington North at the 1885 general election and held the seat until his defeat in 1906. He was a member of the Traffic Commission and travelled extensively.