Barker, Robert, Sir, approximately 1732-1789, Baronet, army officer in India and politician
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 | |||
Murshidabad, Bengal | |||
Hooghly Town, Bengal | |||
Bengal, Asia | |||
Tippera, Bengal | |||
Afghanistan, Asia | |||
Jidda, Saudi Arabia | |||
Chinsura, Bengal | |||
Oudh, India | |||
Chingleput, Madras | |||
Satara, Bombay | |||
Delhi, India | |||
Manila, Philippines | |||
Calcutta, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Burdwan, Bengal | |||
Netherlands, Europe | |||
Mysore State, India | |||
Bhotan, India | |||
Plassey, India | |||
Hyderabad State, India | |||
Trichinopoly, Madras | |||
Patna, India | |||
Kabul, Afghanistan | |||
Chinsura, Bengal | |||
Bengal, India | |||
Patna, India | |||
Dinajpur, Bengal | |||
India, Asia | |||
Arcot State, India | |||
Cossimbazar, Bengal | |||
Masulipatam, Madras | |||
Chittagong, India | |||
Fort St David, India | |||
Madura, Madras | |||
Surat, Bombay | |||
Kandahar, Afghanistan | |||
Travancore State, India | |||
Midnapore, Bengal | |||
Patna, India | |||
Buxar, Bihar | |||
Calcutta, India | |||
China, Asia | |||
Bihar, India | |||
Bengal, India | |||
Anjengo, Travancore, Madras | |||
Carnatic Region, India | |||
Vellore, Madras | |||
Pondicherry, India | |||
Assam, India | |||
Aleppo, Syria | |||
Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean | |||
China, Asia | |||
Bihar, India | |||
Madras, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Srirangam, Madras | |||
Deccan, India | |||
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | |||
Malabar Coast, Madras | |||
Saint Helena, Africa | |||
Oudh, India | |||
Bengal, India | |||
Tanjore, Madras | |||
Chandernagore, Bengal | |||
Bengal, India | |||
Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
Jumna River, India | |||
Basra, Iraq | |||
Bombay, India | |||
Dacca, India |
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Birth 1732
Death 1789