Barnes Edward 1776-1838

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1792 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

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000152

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referencedIn VOL. VIII. 1. Copy of correspondence of the same as Quartermaster-General to the British army in the Low Countries, and in separate command at Genoa and Marseilles, with General Müffling Earl Bathurst, Secretary for War, Sir Henry Bunbury, Under-Sec..., 1815 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS original letters, addressed to Sir Hudson Lowe, 17 Jan. 1816-24 March, 1829, with a few of his own drafts, chronologically arranged. The writers are: Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, K.C.B., f. 1. A. McKenroe [to Capt. Stanfell], f. 3. ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. IV.Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1820-1821.General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, KCB; MP: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1821.includes:ff. 3, 11 b Frances Bertrand, wi... British Library
referencedIn Vol. I.History India, East: Register of correspondence of the Governor of Ceylon with the Secretary of State for the Colonies: 1820-1826.History England: Register of correspondence of the Governor of Ceylon with the Secretary of State for the Colonie... British Library
referencedIn Vol. II.History India, East: Register of correspondence of the Governor of Ceylon with the Secretary of State for the Colonies: 1820-1826.History England: Register of correspondence of the Governor of Ceylon with the Secretary of State for the Coloni... British Library
referencedIn Order book of the Adjutant General of the allied army in Europe, 1815-1816 University of Southampton Libaries Special Collections
referencedIn Vol. V.includes:ff. 7 b, 24, 72 b, 76, 141, 145, 151 b, 153 Herbert Taylor, Lieutenant -General 1825; GCB 1834; Secretary to George III and William IV: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1826.: Orig. and Copies. f. 91 Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Bre..., 1816-1826 British Library
referencedIn Martin Lindsay papers., 1828 British Library
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St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
Genoa, Italy
St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
Sri Lanka, Asia
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Birth 1776

Death 1838

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