Barker, Robert, Sir, approximately 1732-1789, Baronet, army officer in India and politician

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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

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referencedIn Robert Orme papers., 1745-1780 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCVIII (ff. 329). 1758-1772.includes:f. 1 b Major John? Carnac, Brig.-General 1764, of the Bombay Council 1776: Reference to: 1758 (?). f. 5 Bengal: Account of transactions in: circ. 1759-1760. ff. 5-20 Chinsura, Bengal: Account of defeat, et..., 1758-1772 British Library
referencedIn (XIII. ff. 350). 1769, and undated.includes:f. 1 Elizabeth Sarah Da Costa Villa Real: Suit v. Lord Galwty: 1769. f. 1 William Monckton, 2nd Viscount Galway; afterwards Monckton-Arundell: Lawsuits: 1764, 1769. f. 29 Theodore Darley: Suits v. Darley,..., 1769 British Library
referencedIn Vol. iii. July, 1773-June, 1774.Nathaniel Middleton, Resident at Lucknow: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1774-1798.Samuel Middleton, Resident with the Nawab of Oude: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1773, 1774.Sir John Mcpherson, Member of the Coun... British Library
referencedIn Vol. lxi. Undated. A HaDavid Anderson: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1778-1817.Sweeney Toone, Major: Letters to W. Hastings: 1773-1817.Edward Baber, Resident at Moidapore: Letters to W. Hastings: 1773-1819.Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet; of Shott..., 1758-1838 British Library
referencedIn COPIES of letters of Warren Hastings to Commanders and Envoys in India; viz.:-1. Brigadier-General Sir Robert Barker; 26 March-17 Aug. 1773, 2. Nathtniel Middilton [Resident with the Nabob Vizier of Oude]; 28 Jan.-6 Nov. 1774, f. 18. 3. Colonel Arth..., 18th century British Library
referencedIn Robert Clive papers., 1759-1768 British Library
referencedIn Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Counci..., 1763-1824 British Library
referencedIn Vol. ii. Jan. 1772-June, 1773.John Caillaud, Brigadier-General: Letters to W. Hastings: 1772-1808.Sir John Mcpherson, Member of the Council, afterwards Governor-General of India: Letters to W. Hastings: 1772-1786.includes:ff. 1-207, passim Joseph Fow... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Harry Verelst, East India Company servant, Bengal; Governor of Bengal 1767-69, 1761-1785 British Library
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