See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• BARNES, ALBERT (1798–1870)
• BARNES, BARNABE (1569 ?–16o9)
• BARNES, JOSHUA (1654-1712)
• BARNES, ROBERT (1495-1540)
• SIR EDWARD BARNES (1776-1838)
• BARNES, THOMAS (1785-1841)
• BARNES, W
• BARNES, WILLIAM (1800-1886)

BARNES (1776-1838)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, entered the 47th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in 1792, and quickly See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . He was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1807, and colonel in 181o, and two years later went to the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula to serve on See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington's See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff . His services in this capacity gained him further promotion, and as a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general he led a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade at See also:

• VITTORIA

Vittoria and in the Pyrenean battles . He had the See also:

• CROSS

cross and three clasps for his Peninsula service . As See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general he served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1815 and was wounded at See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo . Already a K.C.B., he now received the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, and the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian order of St See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . In 1819 began his connexion with See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, of which See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island he was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor from 1824 to 1831 . He directed the construction of the See also:

• GREAT

great military road between See also:

• COLOMBO

Colombo and See also:

• KANDY

Kandy, and of many other lines of communication, made the first See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, and introduced See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee cultivation on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• SYSTEM

system (1824) . In 1831 he received the G.C.B., and from 1831 to 1853 he was commanderin-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, with the See also:

• LOCAL

local rank of general . On his return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, after two unsuccessful attempts to secure the seat, he became M.P. for See also:

• SUDBURY
• SUDBURY, SIMON OF (d. 1381)

Sudbury in 1837, but he died in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• BARNES, ALBERT (1798–1870)
• BARNES, BARNABE (1569 ?–16o9)
• BARNES, JOSHUA (1654-1712)
• BARNES, ROBERT (1495-1540)
• BARNES, SIR EDWARD (1776-1838)
• BARNES, THOMAS (1785-1841)
• BARNES, W
• BARNES, WILLIAM (1800-1886)

Barnes' portrait was painted, for Ceylon, by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, and a memorial statue was erected in Colombo .