Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barlow, Sir George Hilaro, Baronet
BARLOW, SIR GEORGE HILARO, BARONET (1762–1847)
Governor: son of William Barlow, of Bath: joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1778: when employed, 1788–96, in the Revenue Secretariat, he had to carry out the Permanent Settlement of 1793 in Bengal: was Chief Secretary in 1796: became Member of the Supreme Council from Oct., 1801, and Vice-President in Council until, on Lord Cornwallis' death on Oct. 5, 1805, he, as provisional Governor-General, acted in that capacity until Lord Minto's arrival on July 31, 1807: Baronet, 1803: and K.C.B.: though he had supported Wellesley's policy of extending British power, he continued Cornwallis' policy of neutrality and conciliation towards the Native States, making concessions to Sindia and Holkar, and annulling protective treaties with Chiefs in Rajputana. In 1807 he went to Madras as Governor from Dec. 24: there he quarelled with the principal officers of both services: the military combined in a general mutiny, which Barlow suppressed vigorously: he was recalled and made over charge at Madras on May 21, 1813: G.C.B., 1815: died in England, Dec. 18, 1846.