Sir Reuben Vincent Barrow (27 April 1838 – 13 February 1918)[1] was an English magistrate and Liberal Party politician.
However, he served only three years in Parliament, losing his seat to Lafone at the 1895 general election.
[3] During his time in the House of Commons he introduced the London (Equalization of Rates) Bill,[4] which was enacted in 1894.
[5] In its first ten years of operation, about £6million was distributed from richer parishes to poorer ones.
[4] Barrow was made a freeman of Croydon in 1909,[6] and was knighted in the 1912 New Year Honours;[7] the title was conferred on 8 March 1912.