BARNES, RALPH, brother of George Barnes (adm. 1743/4, qv); b. 4 Nov 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Sep 1744 (Hawkins'); KS 1745; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 - 15 Nov 1751 (expelled); severely punished by the Dean and Chapter for his complicity with Richard James (qv) in the celebration of the Pretender’s birthday 10 Jun 1750, and expelled from Studentship “for notorious riot and assault” 1751; migrated to St. Edmund Hall; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained to curacy of Blithfield, Staffs.; Vicar of St. Merryn, Cornwall 13 Apr 1765-76; Vicar of Newlyn, Cornwall, 23 Apr 1766-76; Vicar of St. Martin by Looe, Cornwall; Prebendary of Exeter from 6 Apr 1769, Canon Residentiary from 1772; Archdeacon of Totnes from 16 Aug 1775; Vicar of Harberton, Devon, from 19 Jun 1776; Vicar of Upper Ottery, Devon, 1780 (dispensation to hold with Harberton, 1780) [no longer 1814]; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, 1793 (dispensation to hold with Harberton, 1793) [no longer 1816]; Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, from 8 Jun 1807; m. 1770 Anne, dau. of Rev. Theophilus Blackall, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral; d. 20 May 1820.