Barnes Edward 1776-1838
Variant names1792 ensign, 47th regiment; 1793 lieutenant, later transferred to the 86th regiment; c 1793 captain, 99th regiment; 1800 major, 79th regiment; 1807 lieutenant-colonel, 46th regiment; 1808-1812 lieutenant-governor, Dominica ;1810 colonel; 1812-1814 served in the Peninsular War; 1813 major-general; 1815 adjutant general, served in the Waterloo Campaign; 1815 KCB; 1815-1816 colonel, 4th garrison battalion; 1816 transferred to the 99th regiment; 1819 appointed to the staff in Ceylon; 1820-1822 colonel, 1st battalion rifle brigade; 1822 transferred to the 78th regiment; 1824-1831 governor of Ceylon; 1825 lieutenant-general; 1831 GCB; 1831-1833 commander-in-chief in India, local rank of general; 1834 colonel, 31st regiment; 1834-1835 and 1837-1838 Member of Parliament for Sudbury.
Epithet: army officer and politician
Title: Knight
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Birth 1776
Death 1838