Lieutenant-Colonel George BARNEY (1792 - 1862)

Date of Birth: 19/05/1792
Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, England
Date of Death: 16/04/1862
Place of Death: Willoughby, New South Wales, Sydney

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	17 Jul 1843	29 Feb 1856	12yr(s) 7mth(s) 13day(s)		A Non-Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 – 1856

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Soldier and engineer.

Military Service

Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in July 1808 and served in the Peninsular war and in the West Indies, where he took part in the capture of Guadaloupe in 1815. He was a civil engineer in Jamaica for several years. He was promoted second captain in 1813 and captain in 1825.

Personal

Son of Joseph Barney, drawing master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and his wife Jane Chandler. Married , c.1817, to Portia Henrietta Peale (died 26 January 1883), in Granade, West Indies, and had issue, 1 son and 4 daughters. Arrived in Sydney with his wife and three children in December 1825 with a detachment of Royal Engineers. Buried in St Leonards cemetery.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1

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