Frederick St John Barne
Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (5 September 1842 – 25 January 1898)[1] was a British army officer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1885.
Barne was the eldest son of Frederick Barne of Sotterley HalI, near Wangford, Suffolk and his wife , eldest daughter of Sir John Courtenay Honywood, 5th Baronet. His father had been M.P. for the rotten borough of Dunwich[2] in succession to earlier members of the Barne family. He joined the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1859 and retired as captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1872.[3][4]
Barne was elected at a by-election in 1876 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for East Suffolk,[5] and held the seat until the 1885 general election, when constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
Barne married , daughter of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford in 1871. They lived at Sotterley Hall.[6] Their son Michael Barne was the last surviving officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition.
References[]
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with S, part 6". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Debrett's House of Commons 1881
- ^ The London Gazette, 21 March 1871
- ^ The London Gazette, 16 July 1872
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 462. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ the Peerage.com
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Barne
- 1842 births
- 1898 deaths
- Scots Guards officers
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- UK MPs 1880–1885
- Barne family