Barry Duke

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Duke, Barry (20th Century)

Duke was one of the seven original subscribers in 1978 to the National Secular Society Limited’s Articles of Association. In 1979, he was a founding member of the Gay Humanist Group (now GALHA) and was its first treasurer.

In 1996, he was elected the treasurer of the National Secular Society.

Duke’s partner, Brian Parry, died in 1996 and received a secular humanist funeral conducted by Denis Cobell.

In 1998 upon the death of Peter Brearey, he became acting editor of The Freethinker.