Barnes, William Peter Ward, son of Rt Rev. Ernest William Barnes DSc DD FRS, Bishop of Birmingham, and Adelaide Caroline Theresa, d. of Sir Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; b. 16 Apr. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); Capt. of the school 1937; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1946 (1st class hons Classical Tripos Pts 1 & 2), MA 1948; Friends' Ambulance Unit 1940-5; Civil Service 1947-64; Nuffield Foundn Fellowship (Canada and Latin America) 1957; private sec. to Pres. of Board of Trade 1958-60; Asst Sec. BOT, seconded to UK delegation to OECD, Paris, 1960; sec. Lond. Bus. Sch. 1964-70; Dir. of Housing, Lond. Borough of Camden, 1971-80; chairman Nat. Assoc. for Disabled (Arts Access) 1981-; author of Mildred Buxton, a Memoir 1966, A Londoner's Lot 1974; m. 27 May 1961 Mary, d. of Rev. Maurice George Jesser Ponsonby MC, Rector of Much Hadham, Herts.
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