Family and Education
b. 28 Oct. 1776, prob. 3rd surv. s. of John Barnes (d. 1 Aug. 1820), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Ann[e], da. of Edmund Park, of Liverpool, Lancs. m. 31 July 1823, Maria, eld. da. of Walter Ramsden Hawksworth Fawkes, MP, of Farnley Hall, Otley, Yorks. 3s. (?1 d.v.p.) 4da. (?1 d.v.p.); KCB 2 Jan. 1815, GCB 24 Feb. 1831. d. 19 Mar. 1838.
Offices Held
Ensign 47 Ft. 1792; lt. 8 May 1793; lt. 86 Ft. 30 Oct. 1793; capt. 99 Ft. 1794; maj. 79 Ft. 17 Feb. 1800; lt.-col. 1 Jan. 1800; lt.-col. 46 Ft. 1807; col. 1810; maj.-gen. 1813; lt.-gen. 1825; col. 2nd garrison battalion 27 Nov. 1815 – 24 Oct. 1816; col. 99 Ft. 24 Oct. 1816–20; col. commdt. rifle brigade 1820 – 22; col. 78 Ft. 1822 – 34; col. 31 Ft. 1834 – d.
Lt.-gov. Dominica 1808 – 12; lt.-gen. Leeward Islands 1813 – 33; lt.-gov. Ceylon 1820 – 22; c-in-c India 1822; gov. & c-in-c Ceylon 1823 – 31; c-in-c India 1831–3.
Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa 1815; Knight of the Order of St. Anne, First Class.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Beech Hill Park, Mdx.; Berkeley Square, London; 105 Piccadilly, London.
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Commons 1832-1868
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion