Family and Education
b. 24 Feb. 1815, o. surv. s. of Aeneas Barkly, of Kirkton Farm, Cromarty, Scotland, and Susannah Louisa Ffrith, orphan da. of a Jamaican planter. educ. Bruce Castle sch., Tottenham. m. (1) 18 Oct. 1840, Elizabeth Helen (d. 17 Apr. 1857), da. of John Fain Timins, of Hilfield Lodge, nr. Aldenham, Herts., 4s. (4 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 21 July 1860, Anne Maria, da. of Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Simson Pratt, s.p. suc. fa. 25 Aug. 1836. K.C.B. 18 July 1853; G.C.M.G. 9 Mar. 1874. d. 20 Oct. 1898.
Offices Held
Gov. British Guiana 1848 – 53; gov. Jamaica 1853 – 56; gov. Victoria 1856 – 63; gov. Mauritius 1863 – 70; gov. Cape Colony 1870 – 77; high commissioner South Africa 1870 – 77.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Sparrows Herne, Hertfordshire; 50 Eaton Place, London.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion