Michael Barne (politician)
Early life and family
Born on 3 June 1759, Barne was the fourth son of Miles Barne of Sotterley, Suffolk, and his second wife, Mary Thornhill, a daughter of George Thornhill of Diddington, Huntingdonshire.[1] He was educated at Westminster School in the years 1772–73, before admission to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1774; he matriculated in 1777.[2]
Military career
After matriculating from Cambridge, Barne began his military career as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoons in 1778. His family connections furthered his promotion through the armed forces: Captain, 1783, Major, 1794, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1799. Additionally, he was Commandant of the 7th Dragoons under the Duke of York in the Dutch Campaign of 1793-4 and in the Helder expedition of 1799.[3] He retired from active service in 1804, before taking up a commission in the Yeomanry Volunteers in 1805.[4]
Member of Parliament
After his elder brother,
He voted (1821) with the Government over its conduct in the trial of
Family and later life
On 2 October 1798, Barne married Mary Boucherett, sister of Ayscoghe Boucherett, MP for Great Grimbsy, and daughter of the elder Ayscoghe Boucherett, of Willingham and Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, of which county he was High Sheriff in 1754, and Mary White, his wife.[7] Mrs Barne died at Sotterley on 11 December 1858, aged 94, and was buried on 20 December.[8] Together, they had two children:
- Emilia Mary Barne (1800–1892). She married on 22 May 1839 to KCH, of Hampton Court. She died at Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, aged 92, on 25 March 1892.[9]
- DL (1801–1890). Member of Parliament for Dunwich, 1830–32.[10]
Barne succeeded to the estate of his elder brother, Snowdon, on his death in 1825.[11] He would spend the last years of his life concerned with maintaining the family's estates and financial interests, and spent his time either at Dunwich or in London.[12] Michael Barne died on 19 June 1837 in Grosvenor Street, London,[13] and was buried on 8 July at Dunwich.[14]
References
Citations
- ^ Escott (2009)
- ^ Escott (2009) ; Venn and Venn (1940), p. 160
- ^ Suckling (1847), p. 278
- ^ Escott (2009)
- ^ Stokes (1986) ; Escott (2009)
- ^ Escott (2009)
- ^ Escott (2009). It is worth pointing out that this article is linked to Ayscoghe Boucherett, the MP, however, in reality, that Boucherett was a brother; both the chronology and his entries in Burke and Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1847, vol. i, p. 122, and in Howard and Crisp (1899), p. 158, show this to be the case.
- ^ Howard and Crisp (1899), p. 158
- ^ Howard and Crisp (1899), p. 158
- ^ Howard and Crisp (1899), p. 158
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine (1837, pt. ii), pp. 315-6
- ^ Escott (2009)
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine (1837, pt. ii), pp. 315-6
- ^ Howard and Crisp (1899), p. 158
Bibliography
- Escott, M. (2009). "Barne, Michael (1759-1837), of Sotterley Hall, Suff. and 37 Grosvenor Street, Mdx.", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher.
- Howard, J.J., and Crisp, F.A., (ed.) (1899) Visitations of England and Wales, vol. vii,
- Stokes, W. (1986). "Barne, Michael (1759-1837), of Sotterley Hall, Suff.", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne
- Suckling, A. (1847). History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, vol. ii
- Venn, J., and Venn, J.A. (1940) Alumni Cantanbrigienses, vol. ii, pt. i