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.
