David Barbour

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Sir David Miller Barbour KCMG (28/12/1841–12/11/1928) was born at Calkill House near Omagh. He was educated at Omagh Academy and Queens College Belfast. On Graduating he took the ICS examination. When in India served at all times in the Finance branch ending as Financial Member of the Viceroy's council. He was created KCSI for his services in India, and subsequently KCMG for his various financial services to the British Government. He was a Financial Member of the Indian Viceroy's Council under Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, writer on monetary issues, and Irish loyalist. From 1903 to 1905 he was chairman of the Royal Commission on London Traffic. He was the father of Nevill Barbour.

References[]

• B. R. Tomlinson, ‘Barbour, Sir David Miller (1841–1928)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012 [1]
• S. Ambirajan, Political economy and monetary management: India, 1766–1914 (1984)
• B. R. Tomlinson, The political economy of the raj, 1914–1947 (1979) · DNB · CGPLA Eng. & Wales (1928)

External links[]

• Works by or about David Barbour at Internet Archive

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