| 词条 | Edward Barnes (British Army officer) |
| 释义 |
|honorific-prefix = Lieutenant General |name =Sir Edward Barnes |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}} |image = Sir Edward Barnes by William Salter.jpg |alt = |order = 5th |office = Governor of British Ceylon |term_start = 18 January 1824 |term_end = 13 October 1831 |predecessor = James Campbell acting governor |successor = John Wilson acting governor |order2 = Acting |office2 = Governor of British Ceylon |term_start2 = 1 February 1820 |term_end2 = 2 February 1822 |predecessor2 = Robert Brownrigg |successor2 = Edward Paget |order3 = 12th |office3 = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon |term_start3 = 1820 |term_end3 = ? |predecessor3 = Alexander Cosby Jackson |successor3 = James Campbell |birth_date = 1776 |birth_place = |death_date = 19 March 1838 (aged 61 or 62) |death_place = |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = Maria Fawkes (1798 - 1854) |partner = |relations = |children = Maria Anne (1825 - ?) Richard Hawksworth (1831 - 1904) |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |nickname = |allegiance = United Kingdom |branch = British Army |serviceyears = |rank = Lieutenant General |unit = |commands = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon Indian Army |battles = Peninsular War |awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath }} Lieutenant General Sir Edward Barnes, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (1776 – 19 March 1838) was a British soldier who became governor of Ceylon. Military careerBarnes joined the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1792, and quickly rose to field rank. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1807, serving in the Invasion of Martinique in 1809, and colonel in 1810. Two years later, he served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War. His services in this capacity gained him further promotion; as a major-general, he led a brigade in the Battle of Vitoria and took part in the battles the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive and Orthez.[1] He was awarded the Gold Cross and three clasps for his Peninsula service. Barnes served in the campaign of 1815 as adjutant-general, and was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was known as "our fire eating adjutant general".[1] Already a KCB, he was a recipient of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresa 3rd Class, and the Russian Order of St Anne. {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1819, his connection with Ceylon began. Lieutenant-General Barnes was acting governor of Ceylon from 1 February 1820 to 2 February 1822, succeeding Robert Brownrigg. He was governor of Ceylon from 18 January 1824 to 13 October 1831, succeeded by Robert Wilmot-Horton (1784–1841, governor 13 to 23 October 1831). He directed the construction of the great military road between Colombo and Kandy, and of many other lines of communication, made the first census of the population, and introduced coffee cultivation based on the West Indian system (1824). In 1831, he received the GCB. From 1832 to 1833, he was commander in-chief in India, with the local rank of general. {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} On his return home, he was appointed in 1834 Colonel of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, a post he held until his death. The same year he stood for Parliament as Conservative candidate for Sudbury at a by-election. The votes between the two candidates were tied, and the returning officer gave Barnes his casting vote and declared him elected; however, his opponent petitioned against the outcome, denying that the returning officer had the right to a casting vote, and the issue had not been resolved before Parliament was dissolved. At the 1835 general election, Barnes was narrowly defeated, but he finally became MP for Sudbury at the third attempt in 1837;[2] however, he died in the following year.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Along with Admiral William Bowles, Barnes was responsible for the establishment of the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall, London.[1] Sir Edward Barnes' portrait was painted, for Ceylon, by John Wood, and a memorial statue was erected in Colombo in front of the President's House, Colombo from which point trunk road mileage was measured in Ceylon.[3] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=Dalton |first=Charles |year=1904 |title=The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes |location=London |publisher= Eyre and Spottiswoode |url=https://archive.org/details/waterloorollcall00daltuoft|page=29}} 2. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) 3. ^Rewriting history Chinthana style 4. ^{{cite book | author=Gillian Wright | title=Hill stations of India | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eYvAQAAIAAJ | accessdate=11 February 2013 | date=1 August 1991 | publisher=Odyssey | isbn=978-962-217-137-4 | page = 101 }}
External links
| before=Robert Brownrigg | title=Acting Governor of Ceylon | years=1820–1822 | after=Edward Paget }}{{succession box | before=James Campbell acting governor | title=Governor of Ceylon | years=1824–1831 | after=John Wilson acting governor }}{{s-par|uk}}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Sudbury | years = 1834–1835 | with = Sir John Benn Walsh, Bt | before = Sir John Benn Walsh, Bt | before2 = Michael Angelo Taylor | after = John Bagshaw | after2 = Benjamin Smith }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Sudbury | years=1837–1838 | with = Sir James John Hamilton, Bt 1837 | with2 = Joseph Bailey 1837–1838 | before = John Bagshaw | before2 = Benjamin Smith | after = Joseph Bailey | after2 = Sir John Benn Walsh, Bt }}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Alexander Cosby Jackson}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding, Ceylon|years= 1820–?}}{{s-aft|after=James Campbell}}{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, India | before=The Earl of Dalhousie | after=The Lord William Bentinck | years=1832–1833}}{{s-end}}{{British Governor of Ceylon}}{{General Officer Commanding, Ceylon}}{{Commander-in-Chief, India}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Edward}} 15 : 1776 births|1838 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars|British Commanders-in-Chief of India|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies|UK MPs 1837–41|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Governors of British Ceylon|Governors of Dominica|47th Regiment of Foot officers|Recipients of the Army Gold Cross|Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class|General Officer Commanding, Ceylon|Recipients of the Waterloo Medal |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。