BARNES, GEORGE CARNAC, eldest son of Ven. George Barnes DD, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, and Harriet Penelope, dau. of James Rivett-Carnac, EICS Bombay; grandson of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 4 Jun 1818; adm. 7 Sep 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; left Dec 1835; at Haileybury Coll. 1836-7; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1837; arrived in India 27 Nov 1837; Deputy Commissioner, Trans-Sutlej territory 1848-52; Commissioner, Cis-Sutlej States 1853-61; CB 18 May 1860 (for his services in collecting supplies for the Delhi army during the Mutiny); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India at Calcutta 1861; m. 25 Sep 1856 Margaret Diana, dau. of Maj. Henry Richard Chetwynd-Stapylton, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) (see The Times, 4 Jul 1927, 16); d. at Hazaribagh, Bengal, 13 May 1861.
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