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Barnard, Henry William, 1799-1857
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1799-1857
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BARNARD, SIR HENRY WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Barnard, Rector of Water Stratford, Bucks., and Sarah, dau. of Moore Disney, Churchtown, co. Waterford, and sister of Gen. Sir Moore Disney KCB; grandson of William Barnard (qv); b. 1799; adm. 18 Sep 1807; was Lord Albemarle’s “substance” in Mar 1808 (Albemarle, Fifty years of my Life, 1876, i, 254); left 1812; RMC Sandhurst; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards, 9 Jun 1814; Capt., 56th Foot, half-pay 15 Aug 1822; exchanged back to 1st Foot Guards as Lieut. and Capt. 29 Aug 1822; Capt. and Lieut-Col. 17 May 1831; half-pay 1 Jun 1849 (sic : check); Brevet Col., 9 Nov 1846; Assist. Adj. -Gen., Northern District, 1847-52; in command South Wales District 1852-4; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; served in Crimean War, commanding a brigade of the Third Division during the winter of 1854-5; Chief of Staff to Gen. Simpson when he became Commander-in-Chief 28 Jun 1855; commanded the Second Division after the fall of Sebastopol in Sep 1855; appointed to the Staff in Bengal shortly before the mutiny in 1857, and succeeded to the command of the British troops after General Anson’s death; struck a heavy blow at the mutineers at Budlee-ke-Serai 8 Jun 1857; took up position on the ridge commanding the north-west front of Delhi; CB 27 Jul 1855; KCB 3 May 1857; m. 17 Jan 1828 Isabella Laetitia, second dau. of Brig. -Gen. James Catlin Craufurd; d. of cholera while conducting the siege of Delhi 5 Jul 1857. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.