British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Barnes, Edward
By: Ron McGuigan
Barnes, Edward (1776- 19 March 1838)
Ensign 47th Foot 1792, Lieutenant Independent Company 1793, Lieutenant
86th Foot 1793, Captain 99th Foot* 1794, Major 99th Foot* 1795,
Half-pay 1797-1800, Major 79th Foot 1800, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1800,
Lieutenant Colonel 46th Foot 1807, Brevet Colonel 1810, Brigadier General
on the Staff 1812, Major General 1813, Lieutenant General 1825, General
India 1831.
* disbanded 1797.
Early Service: West Indies 1808-1812 and a brigade at capture of Martinique
1809..
Peninsular War: Commanded brigade 5th Division October-December 1812.
Commanded brigade 7th Division December 1812-November 1813. Commanded
brigade 2nd Division November 1813-April 1814. Wounded at the Nive
December 1813 and Aire March 1814.
Other Service: Adjutant-General Netherlands 1814-1815, Adjutant-General
Flanders and France and wounded at Waterloo 1815. Adjutant-General
British Contingent Army of Occupation 1815-1818. On staff Ceylon 1819-1824
and as Lieutenant Governor 1820-1822. Lieutenant Governor Ceylon
1823-1831. Commander-in-Chief India 1831-1832.
MP 1834-1835, 1837-1838. KCB 1815. GCB 1831.
Colonel of the 4th Garrison Battalion 1815-1816, 99th Foot 1816-1818,
2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade 1820-1822, 78th Foot 1822-1834, 31st Foot
1834-1838.
Placed
on the Napoleon Series: August 2008
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