John Barlow (priest)

John Barlow FRS (1799–1869) was an Anglican cleric and Secretary of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1843–1860) and later Chaplain-in-Ordinary at Kensington Palace.

John Barlow was born on 20 November 1798 in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, to his father Thomas William (1777), a Clerk.

While in this position he discovered long-term fraud committed by the assistant secretary at the time, Joseph Fincher.

[2] Barlow's social personality led him to host several dinners and holiday events prior to discourses in his own home.

During many of the gatherings Barlow was said to be attempting to recruit significant figures to join him at the Royal Institution.