Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barnes, Sir Hugh Shakspear
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BARNES, SIR HUGH SHAKSPEAR (1853–)
I.C.S.: son of James Ralph Barnes, I.C.S.: born 1853: educated at Malvern: joined the Civil Service, at Allahabad, 1874: Private Secretary to the Financial Member of Council, 1876: Political Officer, Kandahar, 1880: Political Agent, Quetta, 1883: Under Secretary, Foreign Department, 1889: Deputy Secretary, 1890: Revenue Commissioner, Quetta, 1891: Resident in Kashmir, 1894: A.G.G. and Chief Commissioner, Beluchistan, 1896: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1900–3: President of Central Committee for the Delhi Darbar, 1902–3: Lieutenant-Governor of Burma, 1903–5: Member of the Council of India, 1905: K.C.S.I., 1903: K.C.V.O., 1903.