See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• SIR JOHN BARROW (1764-1848)

BARROW (1764-1848)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Dragley See also:

• BECK (or BEEK), DAVID (1621—1656)
• BECK, CHRISTIAN DANIEL (1757-1832)
• BECK, JAKOB SIGISMUND (1761-1840)

Beck in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• ULVERSTON

Ulverston in See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, on the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1764 . He started in See also:

• LIFE

life as superintending clerk of an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundry at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and after- ' wards taught See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at a school in See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich . Through the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STAUNTON
• STAUNTON, HOWARD (1810-1874)
• STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE THOMAS, BART

Staunton, to whose son he taught mathematics, he was attached on the first See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to See also:

• CHINA

China as See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• MACARTNEY, GEORGE MACARTNEY, EARL (1737-1806)

Macartney . He soon acquired a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good knowledge of the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, on which he subsequently contributed interesting articles to the Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review; and the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the embassy published by Sir George Staunton records many of See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow's valuable contributions to literature and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science connected with China . Although Barrow ceased to be officially connected with Chinese affairs after the return. of the embassy in 1794, he always took much interest in them, and on See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical occasions was frequently consulted by the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . In 1797 he accompanied Lord Macartney, as private secretary, in his important and delicate See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle the government of the newly acquired See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of the Cape of Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope . Barrow was entrusted with the task of reconciling.the Boers and See also:

• KAFFIRS (Arabic Kafir, an unbeliever)

Kaffirs and of See also:

• REPORTING

reporting on the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in the interior . On his return from his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, in the course of which he visited all parts of the colony, he was appointed auditor-See also:

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

general of public accounts . He now decided to settle in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Maria Truter, and in 'Soo bought a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town . But the surrender of the colony at the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens (1802) upset this See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1804, was appointed by Lord See also:

• MELVILLE, ANDREW (1545-1622)
• MELVILLE, ARTHUR (1858-1904)
• MELVILLE, JAMES (1556-1614)
• MELVILLE, SIR JAMES (1535-1617)

Melville second secretary to the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, a See also:

• POST

post which he held for See also:

• FORTY

forty years . He enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all the eleven See also:

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

chief lords who successively presided at the admiralty See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board during that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and more especially of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William IV. while lord high See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, who honoured him with tokens of his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal regard .

Barrow was a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1821 received the degree of LL.D. from See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University . A baronetcy was conferred on him by Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel in 1835 . He retired from public life in 1845 and devoted himself to See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic voyages of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery (1846), of which he was a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PROMOTER

promoter, as well as his autobiography, published in 1847 . He died suddenly on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1848 . Besides the numerous articles in the Quarterly Review already mentioned, Barrow. published among other See also:

• WORKS

works, Travels in China (1804) ; Travels into the Interior of South Africa (18o6) ; and lives of Lord Macartney (1807), Lord See also:

• ANSON, GEORGE ANSON, BARON (1697-1762)

Anson (1839), Lord See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe (1838) . He was also the author of several valuable contributions to the seventh edition of the See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica . See Memoir of 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:

• BARLOW, JOEL (1754-1812)
• BARLOW, PETER (1776-1862)
• BARLOW, SIR GEORGE HILARO (1762-1847)

Barlow, by G . F . Staunton (1852) .