Barker, Robert, Sir, approximately 1732-1789, Baronet, army officer in India and politician
Biographical notes:
c 1749 arrived in India; 1759-1773 army officer in the East India Company; 1759 captain; 1762 major; 1764 knighted; 1765 colonel; fellow of the Royal Society; 1772 brigadier-general and commander-in-chief of the Bengal army; 1773 returned to England; 1774-1780 Member of Parliament for Wallingford; 1781 baronetcy; 1786 gave evidence on the Rohilla War to the House of Commons.
Epithet: army officer in India and politician
Title: Baronet
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000130
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- Murshidabad, Bengal (as recorded)
- Murshidabad, Bengal (as recorded)
- Hooghly Town, Bengal (as recorded)
- Bengal, Asia (as recorded)
- Tippera, Bengal (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Jidda, Saudi Arabia (as recorded)
- Chinsura, Bengal (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
- Chingleput, Madras (as recorded)
- Satara, Bombay (as recorded)
- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Manila, Philippines (as recorded)
- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Burdwan, Bengal (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Bhotan, India (as recorded)
- Plassey, India (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Trichinopoly, Madras (as recorded)
- Patna, India (as recorded)
- Kabul, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Chinsura, Bengal (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Patna, India (as recorded)
- Dinajpur, Bengal (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Arcot State, India (as recorded)
- Cossimbazar, Bengal (as recorded)
- Masulipatam, Madras (as recorded)
- Chittagong, India (as recorded)
- Fort St David, India (as recorded)
- Madura, Madras (as recorded)
- Surat, Bombay (as recorded)
- Kandahar, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Midnapore, Bengal (as recorded)
- Patna, India (as recorded)
- Buxar, Bihar (as recorded)
- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Bihar, India (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Anjengo, Travancore, Madras (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Vellore, Madras (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- Aleppo, Syria (as recorded)
- Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Bihar, India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Srirangam, Madras (as recorded)
- Deccan, India (as recorded)
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (as recorded)
- Malabar Coast, Madras (as recorded)
- Saint Helena, Africa (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Tanjore, Madras (as recorded)
- Chandernagore, Bengal (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Jumna River, India (as recorded)
- Basra, Iraq (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Dacca, India (as recorded)