Close, Barry, Sir, 1756-1813, 1st baronet, army officer in India

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1771 cadet in the Madras army; 1773 ensign in the Madras native infantry; 1777 adjutant of the 20th battalion; 1780 served in Second Anglo-Mysore War; 1781 aide-de-camp to Major-General James Stuart (commander-in-chief of the Madras army); 1783 captain; 1790-1792 served in Third Anglo-Mysore War, deputy adjutant-general of the Madras army; 1790s adjutant-general; 1797 lieutenant-colonel; 1801 resident at the courts of Mysore and Poona; 1805 colonel; 1810 major-general; 1812 baronet.

Epithet: army officer in India

Title: 1st baronet

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referencedIn OFFICIAL copies of Letters to Lt. Col. Barry Close, Major J. Wilks, Lt. Col. John Malcolm, and J. H. Peile, Residents at Mysore, 4 Sept. 1799 -13 June, 1805 ;-Letters from J. Uhthoff to the Commissioners for the affairs of Mysore, 1799. Folio. [l3,66..., 1799 British Library
referencedIn Arthur Wellesley papers., 1801-1805 British Library
referencedIn This is a composite volume including:####Correspondence (1839-79) of Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-83), Bombay Army 1836-42, Professor of Hindustani, Haileybury 1845-58 on 1st Afghan War and relations with neighbouring states. Was J731####Copy of a... British Library
referencedIn LETTER from Lt. Col. Barry Close, Resident at Poona, to Lord Wellesley, with the draft of the Treaty of Bassein, 23 Dec. 1802;-Memorandum [by the Duke of Wellington] in reply to Lord Castlereagh's "Observations" on the Treaty of Bassein ;-Remarks on ... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Maj-Gen William Kirkpatrick (1754-1812), Resident at Hyderabad 1793-97, 1782-1811 British Library
referencedIn OFFICIAL PRECIS of Letters to and from the Residents at Poonah, 1 March, 1798-22 August, 1803. Folio. [13,598.]Poona, India: Letters and papers relating to affairs there: 1797-1805.India: Letters, etc., relating to Poona and the Mahrattas: 1802-1805.... British Library
creatorOf Sir Barry Close papers., 1804 British Library
referencedIn Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family, 1756-1832 British Library
referencedIn LETTERS from Lt. Col. Barry Close to Lord Wellesley, with enclosures, 17 June, 1799-5 July, 1801. Folio. [13,725]Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: Letters from Col. Close: 1799-1802.Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Close, Residen... British Library
creatorOf Sir Barry Close papers., 1796-1810 British Library
referencedIn PAPERs relative to the Debt due from the Nabob of Arcot to Maj. Genl. Will. Sydenham;-Letters from Josiah Webbe to Capt. Benj. Sydenham, 24 Feb. 1803 -21 Sept. 1804;-Letters from Richard Jenkins to the same, 6 Nov. 1804 -8 Jan. 1805;-Letters from C... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Thomas Munro, Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27, 1780-1827 British Library
referencedIn OFFICIAL COPIES of Letters to Lt. Col. William Palmer and Lt. Col. Barry Close, Residents at Poonah, from Lord Wellesley, Lt. Col. W. Kirkpatrick, and N. B. Edmonstone, 8 July, 1798-31 March, 1803; with enclosures. Folio. [13,596.]Richard Wellesley, ... British Library
referencedIn OFFICIAL COPIES of Letters to Lt. Col. Barry Close, and Capt. T. Sydenham, acting Resident at Poonah, from N. B. Edmonstone, J. Lumsden, and Major Merrick Shawe, 23 June, 1802-11 April, 1805; with enclosures. Folio. [13,597.]Captain T-Sydenham, Acti... British Library
referencedIn LETTERS of Lt. Col. Barry Close, whilst Resident at Poonah and Nagpore, to Lord Wellesley and Major M. Shawe, 29 June, 1803-15 July, 1805. Folio. [13,599.]Poona, India: Letters and papers relating to affairs there: 1797-1805.India: Letters, etc., rel... British Library
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Death 1813

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