Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barker, Sir George Robert

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BARKER, SIR GEORGE ROBERT (1817–1861)

Educated at the R.M.A., Woolwich: entered the Royal Artillery in 1834: served in the Crimea: became a Colonel: in the Indian mutiny served under Sir Colin Campbell, commanding as Brigadier the siege Artillery at the capture of Lucknow, March, 1858: commanded a Brigade in subsequent operations: captured Birwa: K.C.B.: died at Simla, July 27, 1861.