Sir Edward Barnes

(1776-1838)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Barnes, Edward, Sir, 1776-1838 NRA: Barnes Sir Edward (1776-1838) Knight Lieutenant General Governor of Ceylon DNB: Barnes, Sir Edward (1776–1838), army officer LBT ID: EdBarne1838	B/BAP: 1776 DIED: 1838-03-19
SOURCES: DNB
Military officer; after service in the West Indies he was a staff officer under Wellington in the Peninsular War and was severely wounded at Waterloo; he was Governor of Ceylon (1824-31).
REFERENCES TO Sir Edward Barnes: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch X: 1814-15 Found 8: ¶ 8 ¶ 3 ¶ 18 ¶ 21 ¶ 29 ¶ 30 ¶ 33 ¶ 38 Ch XII: 1817-18 Found 7: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 ¶ 8 ¶ 1 ¶ 1 ¶ 1 ¶ 3