Hugh Shakespear Barnes

Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes KCSI, KCVO (1853–1940) was an administrator in British India. He served as Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan several times during the 19th Century.[1]

Career

Educated at Malvern College, Hugh Barnes joined the Indian Civil Service in 1874. He was appointed Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan in 1891 (twice), and served further terms in 1896–1899 and 1899–1900. In 1899, he was appointed Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. It was announced in August 1902 that Barnes was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Burma in succession to Sir Frederick Fryer, whose term was to end in early 1903.[2] Barnes served in Burma from April 1903 until May 1905, in which year he became a Member of the Council of India.[3]

His brother, Herbert Curie Barnes, served as Private Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Burma. He was awarded KCSI (Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India) in 1924.

Personal life

Barnes married Winifred Strachey, daughter of John Strachey, another Indian civil servant and a member of the prominent Strachey family. So many members of the Strachey family served in India that they were known jokingly as the "Strachey government." Barnes' daughter, Mary Barnes Hutchinson, was to become a writer and member of the Bloomsbury Group.

Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Groves Sandeman		 Chief Commissioner of Balochistan
1891		 Succeeded by
Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John
Preceded by
Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John		 Chief Commissioner of Balochistan (acting)
1891		 Succeeded by
John Biddulph
Preceded by
Sir Robert Groves Sandeman		 Chief Commissioner of Balochistan (acting)
1892		 Succeeded by
Sir James Browne
Preceded by
James Adair Crawford		 Chief Commissioner of Balochistan
1896–1899		 Succeeded by
Henry Wylie
Preceded by
Henry Wylie		 Chief Commissioner of Balochistan
1899–1900		 Succeeded by
Charles Edward Yate
Preceded by
Frederick William Richard Fryer		 Lieutenant Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma
1903–1905		 Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Thirkell White

References

  1. ↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Myanmar (Burma)". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Burma appointment". The Times (36860). London. 30 August 1902. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "The Malvern register, 1865-1904". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
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