Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barnes, Sir Edward

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BARNES, SIR EDWARD (1776–1838)

Commander-in-Chief: entered the Army in 1792: Colonel, 1810: served in the Peninsula, from 1812, commanding a Brigade, and was in several battles: Adjutant - General at Waterloo: severely wounded: K.C.B.: went to Ceylon, 1819: Governor there from 1824 to 1831: put down the last outbreaks of the Kandy chiefs there: Lt-General, 1825: General, 1831, and C. in C. in India, 1831–33: Colonel, 31st foot: and G.C.B.: became M.P. for Sudbury in 1837: died March 19, 1838.