Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barnard, Sir Henry William
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BARNARD, SIR HENRY WILLIAM (1799–1857)
Son of the Rev. William Barnard: born in 1799: was educated at Westminster and Sandhurst: joined the Guards in 1814: was at the occupation of Paris: served in Jamaica and Canada: in the Crimea: Maj-General: commanded, first a Brigade, and later a Division, and was Chief of the Staff to General Simpson: K.C.B., 1856: in 1857, went to India as General of the Sirhind Division. Upon General Anson's death at Karnal, Barnard succeeded to the command, and, moving towards Delhi, defeated the rebels at Badli-ka-sarai on June 8: died of cholera on the ridge at Delhi, July 5, 1857.