Barnes, Herbert Charles, eldest son of Herbert Barnes (adm. 1854, q. v.); b. May 30, 1870; adm. June 12, 1884 (G); exhibitioner Michaelmas 1884; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; scholar 1893; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1903; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1893, arrived in India Dec. 13, 1894, and served in Assam as Assist. Commissioner; director of land records and agriculture East Bengal and Assam Oct. 1905; Magistrate and Collector Nov. 1907; Deputy Commissioner, Assam, since April 1912; on military duty with l. A. R. O. as Commandant of Naga Labour Corps April 1917 - Aug. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Nov. 8, 1918; C. I. E. June 3, 1919; Commissioner, Assam Valley, 1926; retired 1928; d. May 11, 1953.
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