BARROW, PETER, third son of Sir John Barrow, Bart., FSA, Second Secretary, Admiralty, and Anna Maria, dau. of Peter John Trütter, Cape of Good Hope, member of the Court of Justice; b. 30 Jul 1813; adm. 15 Jun 1824 (Singleton's); Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; at Haileybury Coll. 1831-2, but taken ill and did not proceed to India; 3rd class Clerk, Admiralty 21 Jan 1833 - 17 Oct 1834; private secretary to Governor of Sierra Leone 1837-8; Superintendent, Juvenile Convict Establishment, Port Arthur, Tasmania 1839-40; living in Western Australia Jan 1840 – Oct 1841, briefly holding post of Protector of Aborigines; British Vice-Consul at Caen, France 9 Jun 1845-57, Rabat and Sallee, Morocco 12 Mar 1857-62, Nantes, France 14 Jun 1862, and subsequently at Kertch to retirement 11 Jan 1880; m. 14 Apr 1846 Esther Maria, second dau. of Col. Pierre Hypolite Alexandre Lepetit de Courville, Commandant de la Garde d’Honneur under Napoleon I; d. at Ostrehan, Calvados, France 6 Oct 1899.
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