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BARNARD—BARNES. which he conveyed troops from the West Indies to North America, and afterwards to Lisbon – and, 31 Jan. 1840, to the Cambkidge 78, part of the force subsec[uently employed during the operations on the coast of Syria, and the blockade of Alexandria. He paid the Cambridge off 26 Jan. 1843, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Barnard married, in Aug. 1811, Miss Mary Parkin, and by that lady has, with four daughters, five sons, of whom four are in the service of their country; viz. – and, Lieutenants, R.N. – John James, a Midshipman – and Charles Loudon, Second Lieutenant, R.M.  – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BARNARD. 

entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822; passed his examination 26 Jan. 1829; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has been for several years employed in the Coast Guard.

 BARNARD. 

, born 1 July, 1815, is son of

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Aug. 1828; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1829, as Midshipman, on board the 10, Capt. Johnson, on the Home station. During the four following years he served, in the Mediterranean, on board the 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison,  18, Capt. Joseph Gape,  120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and, we believe, the  16. He then, on joining the 80, commanded by his father as flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Rich. King, passed his examination, and for another period of four years was employed in the East Indies on board the 52, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. At length Mr. Barnard, after a further attachment to the 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Amelius Beauclerk,  steam-frigate, commanded during the Carlist warfare in Spain by Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and  10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in suppressing the African slave-trade, obtained a commission, dated 23 Nov. 1841; since which period his appointments have been – 8 June, 1842, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and 27 May, 1843, to the steam-sloop, Capts. George Graham Otway and John Lunn, now in the Mediterranean. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BARNARD. 

, born 20 Feb. 1813, is son of

This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 76, Capt. Norborne Thompson, employed on the Home station. In the autumn of 1828, after a further attachment to the 28, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, and  74, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he became Midshipman of the  18, Capt. John Lyons, and in that sloop, and the  10, served for five years at the Cape of Good Hope. Passing his examination 26 June, 1833, he next, from May, 1834, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1840, officiated as Mate in succession of the 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage on the Lisbon station, 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the conveyance of troops to North America and the West Indies, 50, flag-ship on the latter station of Sir Thos. Harvey, and 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. His appointments have since been – 4 Nov. 1840, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 21 April, 1842, to the 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope – 8 July, 1845, to the steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, on the North America and West India station – and, 27 Feb. 1846, again to the, in which frigate he is still serving. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BARNARD. 

entered the Royal Naval Academy 15 April, 1790; and embarked, 25 Oct. 1793, as A.B., on board the 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, flag-ship on the Irish station of Rear-Admiral Rich. Kingsmill, in which he attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. In Feb. 1795, he joined the 100, bearing the flags in succession of Lord Hood, Rear-Admiral Robt. Mann (under whom he was present in Hotham’s action of 13 July, 1795), Vice-Admiral Robt. Linzee, and Sir John Jervis. Between 16 Jan. 1796, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 May, 1797, he next served, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, in the fire-ship, Capt. Edw. Hamilton, frigate, Capt. Robt. Plampin, 32, Capt. John Gore (in which vessel he assisted at the capture, in Feb. 1797, of three privateers, carrying in the whole 42 guns and 314 men), and Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport. Mr. Barnard, who then joined the sloop, Capt. John Chambers White, contributed, in the course of the same year, to the destruction of La Calliope, French frigate, of 36 guns, the capture of several convoys, and the annihilation of Le Petit Diable cutter, of 18 guns and 100 men, on the coast of France. During the rest of the war we find him serving, in the Channel, on board the sloop, Capt. Wm. Grosvenor, 74, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and 38, Capts. Wm. Pierrepont and Wm. Henry Ricketts. With the exception of a few months passed in 1804 in the Sea Fencibles, he has not been since employed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 9 March, 1840.

 BARNARD. 

entered the Navy, 5 May, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capts. Rich. Wm. Crabb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Hon. Geo. Fras. Seymour, Wm. Hepenstall, and Ewell Tritton, under whom he successively served, the greater part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, for upwards of nine years. He assisted during that period at the capture of L’Elizabeth privateer, of 14 guns and 102 men, and was also present in the action off St. Domingo – with the despatches relative to the result of which the was sent home. After serving for some years in the Mediterranean, he became attached for short periods, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, to the 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Laugharne,  18, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and  98, Capt. Geo. Fowke. During the year preceding his promotion, which took place 14 Feb. 1815, he appears to have been employed in the 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, 20, Capts. Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford, and Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; and in the second named of those vessels to have made a voyage to Hudson’s Bay. He has since been on half-pay.

 BARNES. 

(a) entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802, as a Volunteer, on board the 18, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. Proceeding in 1803 to the West Indies with the despatches announcing the declaration of war with France, he there assisted in capturing many of the enemy’s privateers and merchantmen. In March, 1807, he became Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Peter Puget, and after sharing, we believe, in the expedition to Copenhagen, removed to the  74, Capt. John Harvey, under whom, on 25 Oct. 1809, he witnessed the destruction, by a squadron under Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion, off Frontignan. From Jan. 1811 until officially promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, Mr. Barnes