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 BARNES, SIR EDWARD (1776–1838)

Commander-in-Chief: entered the Army in 1792: Colonel, 1810: served in the Peninsula, from 1812, commanding a Brigade, and was in several battles: Adjutant - General at Waterloo: severely wounded: K.C.B.: went to Ceylon, 1819: Governor there from 1824 to 1831: put down the last outbreaks of the Kandy chiefs there: Lt-General, 1825: General, 1831, and C. in C. in India, 1831–33: Colonel, 31st foot: and G.C.B.: became M.P. for Sudbury in 1837: died March 19, 1838.

BARNES, SIR HUGH SHAKSPEAR (1853–)

I.C.S.: son of James Ralph Barnes, I.C.S.: born 1853: educated at Malvern: joined the Civil Service, at Allahabad, 1874: Private Secretary to the Financial Member of Council, 1876: Political Officer, Kandahar, 1880: Political Agent, Quetta, 1883: Under Secretary, Foreign Department, 1889: Deputy Secretary, 1890: Revenue Commissioner, Quetta, 1891: Resident in Kashmir, 1894: A.G.G. and Chief Commissioner, Beluchistan, 1896: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1900–3: President of Central Committee for the Delhi Darbar, 1902–3: Lieutenant-Governor of Burma, 1903–5: Member of the Council of India, 1905: K.C.S.I., 1903: K.C.V.O., 1903.

BARODA, MALHAR RAO, MAHARAJA GAEKWAR OF ( ? –1882)

Succeeded his brother, Khandi Rao, in Nov., 1870, as ruler of Baroda: complaints of his misrule having reached Government an inquiry was held in 1873, and time to reform was allowed him: before the time elapsed an attempt was made in 1874 to poison the Resident, Colonel (q.v.): in 1875, the Gaekwar was tried by a mixed Commission: the three British officers found him guilty: the three native members declared the charge not proven: he was then deposed for gross misgovernment, and deported to Madras, where he died in 1882.

BARODA, SIR SAYAJI RAO III MAHARAJA GAEKWAR SHAMSHIR BAHADUR OF (1863–)

Maharaja: born March 10, 1863: descended from the founders of the Baroda dynasty: adopted on May 27, 1875, by Jamnabai, widow of the Gaekwar Khandi Rao: educated at the Maharaja's School at Baroda: was installed, 1875: during his minority, there was a Council of Regency under a British officer and Raja Sir K.C.S.I. (q.v.): on Dec. 28, 1881, he was given the administration of the State: made G.C.S.I. in 1887: an enlightened ruler, and holds advanced views on social questions: he has several times visited Europe.

BARR, SIR DAVID WILLIAM KEITH (1846–)

Born Nov. 29, 1846: entered the Army, 1864: served in the Abyssinian expedition: boundary settlement officer in the Malwa Bhil country: Assistant to the A.G.G. for Central India, 1870: Political agent at Jodhpur, 1878–9: in Baghelkund and Rewa: Resident at Gwalior, 1887: in Kashmir, 1892: A.G.G. for Central India, 1895: Resident at Hyderabad, Feb. 24, 1900–March, 1905: C.S.I.: K.C.S.I, 1903: Member of the Council of India, 1905.

BARRAS, PAUL FRANCOIS JEAN NICOLAS, COMTE DE (1755–1829)

Chasseur of the French regiment of Pondicherry: taken prisoner at the capture of Pondicherry in 1778 by Sir Hector Munro: at the request of the French Governor, Barras' regiment was permitted to retain its colours: he became a prisoner on parole in Madras and Poonamali: returning to France, he rose to prominence as a Director during the Revolution: he was under orders to return to India, with other commissaires, but they never started: he became Commandant-General of the armies of Paris.

BARROW, SIR EDMUND GEORGE (1852–)

Maj-General: born Jan. 28, 1852: son of Maj-General Joseph Lyon Barrow, C.B., R.A.: joined the Army, Dec. 1781: D.A.Q.M.G.: with the Indian Contingent in Egypt, 1882, and in the Intelligence Branch, Bengal, 1885–7: Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department, 1887–91: Deputy Secretary, 1897–1900: Secretary, 1901–3: D.A.G. Bengal, 1900: served in the Afghan War, 1879, Egyptian expedition, 1882,