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DAVID BOSTON BARKER

THE Olympic showjumper died on 3 June aged 79, after an illness.

Born at his grandparents’ home in Northallerton in 1943, Mr Barker (pictured, above) was the second of four children. He grew up sharing Shetlands Isabel and Rosie with his siblings and would hack with his younger brother William.

Mr Barker went to boarding school in Harrogate and continued to

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