William Joseph Starkey Barber was born in Quarndon, Derbyshire, on 1st August 1847, he was baptised on 31st August 1847. His father was the Reverend William Henry Barber, 33yrs, and his mother, Mary, 32yrs, nee Starkey.
William Joseph Starkey Barber was made one of the heirs of his maiden aunt, Miss Sarah Starkey, of the Hall, Huttons Ambo, Co. York, and took the name of Starkey in addition to that of Barber, and adopted the arms of Starkey, in compliance with his aunt's wish. He is now William Joseph Starkey Barber-Starkey, Esq., of Darley Dale, Co. Derby, J.P., B.A., Trin. Coll., Cambridge, and of the Inner Temple, London, Barrister-at-Law.
He married, Margaret Aimee, third daughter of Sir George Kinloch, Baronet of Kinloch, Co. Perth, on 29th April 1873 at Meigle, Perthshire. They had 9 children, Joseph b.1874, Margaret b.1875, Georgina b.1877, Aimee b.1878, William b.1880, Constance b.1881, Roger b.1883, Francis b.1885, and Charles b.1890.
William was called to the Bar, 1877, he was also Magistrate for the North Riding of Yorks. In 1887 he was listed as an Electrical Engineer, his address given as Victoria Street, London. William and Margaret lived at the Hall, Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire, and at Aldenham Hall, Bridgenorth, Shropshire, eventually retiring to Worthing, where they lived at Beaconsfield, Manor Road.
William died on 10th July 1924, in Worthing, aged 76yrs. Probate was granted to Roger John Kinloch Barber-Starkey, Esq., Charles Cecil Barber-Starkey, Farmer, and George Brodie, Esq. Effects £52000. Value 2021 - £3.4m.