Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BARMBY, JOHN GOODWYN. _b._ Yoxford, Suffolk 1820; associated with revolutionists in London 1837; went to Paris 1840; founded the Communist Propaganda Society 1841, afterwards known as the Universal Communitarian Association; a practical preacher of Christian Socialism; Unitarian minister at Southampton, Topsham and Lancaster successively and at Wakefield 1858–79; edited a periodical called _The Promethean_ 1842; author of _The poetry of home and childhood_ 1853; _The return of the swallow and other poems_ 1864; _Aids to devotion_ 1865; wrote many tracts and hymns and articles in periodicals. _d._ The Vines, Yoxford 18 Oct. 1881. _Frost’s forty years recollections_ (1880) 54–75; _Unitarian Herald xxi_, 358 (1881). BARNARD, SIR ANDREW FRANCIS (_son of Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard of Bovagh, co. Londonderry_). _b._ Fahan, co. Donegal 1773; ensign 90 foot 26 Aug. 1794; lieut. col. Rifle brigade 29 March 1810; commanded 2 brigade of light division in the Peninsula 16 Feb. 1814; commanded British division in Paris 1815; col. of 1 battalion Rifle Brigade 25 Aug. 1822 to death; clerk marshal of the King’s household 1830–37, of the Queen Dowager’s household 1837–49; lieut. governor of Chelsea hospital 26 Nov. 1849 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 20 June 1840, G.C.H. 1834. _d._ Royal hospital Chelsea 17 Jany. 1855. _Cope’s History of the rifle brigade_ 1877; _Lord W. P. Lennox’s Celebrities I have known, 2 series i_, 250–79. BARNARD, CHARLOTTE ALINGTON. _b._ 23 Dec. 1830; composed about 100 popular ballads under pseudonym of Claribel 1858–69 two of the best known are “Come back to Erin” and “We’d better bide a wee”; author of _Thoughts, verses and songs_. (_m._ 18 May 1854 Rev. Charles Cary Barnard, R. of Brocklesby, Lincs.) _d._ Dover 30 Jany. 1869. _The Choirmaster March 1869._ BARNARD, EDWARD. _b._ 14 March 1786; ed. at Eton; in the colonial office 1804 to death; agent general for Crown colonies 1825 to death; F.L.S. 17 Feb. 1818. _d._ 13 Dec. 1861. BARNARD, EDWARD. Entered navy 12 May 1797; captain 4 July 1817; retired admiral 22 Nov. 1862. (_m._ Aug. 1811 Mary Parkins). _d._ Hipswell lodge, Richmond, Yorkshire 5 Oct. 1863 aged 82. _O’Byrne_ 1861 _p._ 48. BARNARD, EDWARD GEORGE. A shipbuilder at Deptford; M.P. for Greenwich 14 Dec. 1832 to death; purchased Gosfield hall, Essex from the Marquess of Buckingham. _d._ Gosfield hall 14 June 1851 aged 73. _Wright’s Essex ii_, 1 (1836). BARNARD, FREDERICK LAMPORT. _b._ 20 Feb. 1813; entered navy 3 June 1827; captain 10 Oct. 1855; captain of the Mœander 10 guns 23 Feb. 1861 to 14 June 1864; retired V.A. 30 Jany. 1879. _d._ 28 July 1880. BARNARD, SIR HENRY WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Wm. Barnard of Water Stratford, Bucks_). _b._ Westbury, Bucks 1799; ed. at Westminster and Sandhurst; ensign 1 foot guards 9 June 1814, captain 1831–49 when placed on h.p.; commanded South Wales district 1852–54 and one of the brigades in Crimea 1854–55; chief of the staff in Crimea 28 June 1855; commanded 2nd division of British army in Crimea; commanded troops before Delhi June 1857 to death; C.B. 27 July 1855, K.C.B. 3 May 1856. (_m._ 17 Jany. 1828 Isabella Letitia 2 dau. of James Catlin Craufurd, brigadier general, she was granted a civil list pension of £200 15 Feb. 1858). _d._ of cholera before Delhi 5 July 1857. _Kaye’s Sepoy war in India ii_, 513–70, 678 (1870). BARNARD, JOHN. Fellow of King’s coll. Cam. 1818 to death; F.S.A. 3 May 1855. _d._ King’s coll. Cam. 16 Nov. 1878 aged 84. BARNE, GEORGE HUXLEY (_2 son of John Barne of Tiverton_). ed. at Magd. coll. Ox; barrister L.I. 17 Nov. 1866; attorney general of Jamaica March 1874 to death. _d._ Kingston, Jamaica 8 March 1876. BARNES, CHRISTOPHER HEWETSON. _b._ 7 Feb. 1833; 2 lieut. Bengal artillery 9 Dec. 1852; lieut. col. R.A. 31 Dec. 1878 to death; commanded R. A. in Egypt to death, _d._ Cairo 28 Sep. 1884. _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 373 (1881), _portrait_. BARNES, GEORGE CARNAC (_eld. son of Ven. George Barnes 1784–1847, archdeacon of Barnstaple_). ed. at Westminster 1833–35; comr. of the Cis-Sutlej States; foreign sec. at Calcutta 1861 to death; C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Hazareebagh, Bengal 13 May 1861. BARNES, JAMES. Lieutenant Royal horse guards 29 Aug. 1811 to 3 Nov. 1814 when he retired; major in command of Radnor Militia 15 Feb. 1828 to 21 March 1846. _d._ Portishead near Bristol June 1853 aged 64. BARNES, JAMES HINDMARSH. ed. at Charing Cross and Westminster Ophthalmic hospitals; M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. 1857; L.R.C.P. Edin. 1860; practised in London; visiting surgeon to the workhouse hospital, Liverpool 1874; superintendent registrar 1874 to death; author of _Notes on surgical nursing_. _d._ 57 Pembroke place, Liverpool 19 March 1880 aged 47. _Medical Times and gazette i_, 387 (1880). BARNES, JOHN (_son of Thomas Barnes of Newcastle, coal viewer, who d. 1801_). _b._ Walker colliery near Newcastle 12 Aug. 1798; in the Soho works of Boulton and Watt 1813–15; studied at univ. of Edin. 1815–17; manufacturing engineer with Joseph Miller in London 1822–35, made many engines for French steamers; constructed the Sophia Jane the first steam vessel ever employed in Australia 1831; manager of the works at La Ciotat near Marseilles 1845 to death; much improved the French steam navy; M.I.C.E. 1823. _d._ La Ciotat 24 Sep. 1852. _bur._ Long Benton near Newcastle. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xii_, 140–48 (1853). BARNES, MARY (_dau. of Mr. Greenhill_). _b._ London; acted in the provinces as Miss Simpson; acted at Haymarket and Drury Lane; made her first appearance in America at the Park theatre New York 17 April 1816 as Juliet; a great actress in tragedy, melodrama and pantomime; took farewell of the stage 2 Nov. 1841. (_m._ John Barnes a comedian who _d._ 28 Aug. 1841 aged 60). _d._ Vandam st. New York 26 Aug. 1864 in 84 year. BARNES, RALPH (_4 son of Rev. Ralph Barnes, archdeacon of Totnes, Devon who d. 20 May 1820 aged 87_). _b._ 14 July 1781; ed. at Exeter gr. school; admitted attorney 25 Nov. 1802; practised at Exeter 1802 to death; chapter clerk there 15 Sep. 1810; sec. to bishops of Exeter April 1830 to death; author of _An inquiry into equity practice_ 1827; _The papal brief considered with reference to the laws of England_ 1850; edited _Bishop Lacy’s Liber pontificalis_ 1847. _d._ Bellairs, Topsham road, Exeter 22 Feb.