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Barnes, Sir Reginald Walter Ralph, son of the Rev. Reginald Henry Barnes, Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, by Fanny Mary Emily, daughter of William Nation, of Rockbeare, Devon; b. April 13, 1871; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1886; 2nd Lieut. 4th Hussars (from the Militia) Dec. 31, 1890; Lieut. May 10, 1894; Adjutant May 20, 1896 - May 19, 1900; Capt. Dec. 31, 1899; Major 17th Lancers July 17, 1907; Lieut.-Col. 10th Hussars Feb. 4, 1911; Col. June 15, 1914; temp. Brig.-Gen. April 9, 1915 - Nov. 21, 1916; temp. Major-Gen. Nov. 22, 1916; Major-Gen. June 3, 1918; Col. 4th Hussars Jan. 18, 1919; retired April 1, 1921; served with the Spanish army in the Cuban insurrection 1895, in the South African War as Adjutant Imperial Light Horse 1899-1900, with the Remount Department, and as Lieut­Col. 2nd Imperial Yeomanry 1900-2, and was severely wounded; on the western front in Great War I, he was twice wounded, in Oct. and Nov. 1914; commanded 11th Brigade 1915-6, 32nd Division 1916-7, and 57th Division 1917-9; mentioned in despatches L. G. April 16, 1901, June 15, 1916, Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918, and July 5, 1919; D.S.O. Nov. 29, 1900; C. B. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; French War Cross with Palms; commanded West Lancashire Division 1919-21; retired April 1, 1921; m. Aug. 28, 1919, Gunilla, widow of C. D. Wijk; d. Dec. 19, 1946.

Barnes, Robert Stanley, son of Robert Henry Barnes, of Kensington; b. June 2, 1879; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893; admitted a member of the London Stock Exchange 1920; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Suffolk Regt. Aug. 2, 1914; Lieut. July 16, 1916; Capt. Sept. 1, 1918; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Dec. 2, 1940; acting Sqdn. Ldr.; m. Feb. 12, 1920, Marguerite, younger daughter of Anton Dunkels, of Bayswater.

BARNES, SAMUEL, second son of William Barnes (adm. 1828, qv); b. 16 Nov 1845; adm. 27 Jan 1859 (James'); Min. Can. 1860; left Christmas 1862; adm. solicitor Mich. 1867; practised at Exeter, firm Burch & Barnes; d. unm. 28 Jun 1894.

BARNES, THOMAS; b.; at school under Osbaldeston; left 1624, intending to go to Eton; in the preface to his Archidamus, or, The Councell of Warre, translated from Isocrates and published in that year, after describing himself as being in his “apprentiship of Grammar Schoole”, “a yong learner”, and one of “those who have not withdrawne their hand from the ferula”, he bids the reader “farewell, and prosper, which is the word wherewith now I salute Westminster Schoole, thence hoysing sayle for Eton”.

BARNES, WALTER RALPH, youngest son of William Barnes (adm. 1828, qv); b. 16 Jan 1849; adm. 12 Jun 1863 (James'); left (with Dean Thomas) Whitsun 1867; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1867; SCL (check) and BA 1871; MA 1879; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (both Rochester); Curate, Charlwood, Surrey, 1877-80, Barley, Herts., 1880-1, Brampford Speke with Cowley, Devon, 1888-92; d. unm. 28 May 1922.

Barnes, William Peter Ward, son of Rt Rev. Ernest William Barnes DSc DD FRS, Bishop of Bir­mingham, and Adelaide Caroline Theresa, d. of Sir Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; b. 16 Apr. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); Capt. of the school 1937; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1946 (1st class hons Classical Tripos Pts 1 & 2), MA 1948; Friends' Ambulance Unit 1940-5; Civil Service 1947-64; Nuffield Foundn Fellowship (Canada and Latin America) 1957; private sec. to Pres. of Board of Trade 1958-60; Asst Sec. BOT, seconded to UK delegation to OECD, Paris, 1960; sec. Lond. Bus. Sch. 1964-70; Dir. of Housing, Lond. Borough of Camden, 1971-80; chairman Nat. Assoc. for Disabled (Arts Access) 1981-; author of Mildred Buxton, a Memoir 1966, A Londoner's Lot 1974; m. 27 May 1961 Mary, d. of Rev. Maurice George Jesser Ponsonby MC, Rector of Much Hadham, Herts.

BARNES, WILLIAM, eldest son of Samuel Barnes FRCS, Great Duryard, Exeter, surgeon, and Juliana, dau. of William Speke, Jordans, Somerset; grandson of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 25 Jan 1817; adm. 24 Sep 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1834; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Canoneer Student 1835-40; BA 1839; MA 1865; a banker at Exeter, firm Sanders & Co. , by 1845; JP (1858) Devon; m. 2 Jul 1840 Lucy, fifth dau. of Walter Long, Preshaw House, Hants. ; d. 21 Jan 1892.

BARNES, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Barnes (adm. 1828, qv); b. 29 Nov 1843; adm. 25 Sep 1856 (James'); QS 1858; left Whitsun 1862; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1862; a partner in firm of Sanders & Co., bankers, Exeter; m. 6 Oct 1874 his cousin Jessie Annie, fifth dau. of Walter Jervis Long, Preshaw House, Hants.; d. 27 Mar 1886.

BARNET, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1724; in school list 1727/8.

BARNETT, ---; b.; in school list 1748.