About George Robert Barker
Lived 1817 – 1861 (aged 44). George Robert Barker was a British military personnel.
Brigadier-General Sir George Robert Barker KCB (9 February 1817 – 27 July 1861) was a British Army officer.
Born in London, he was the youngest son of John Barker, a former deputy-storekeeper general in HM Treasury. He was awarded a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1859 for his distinguished services during the Indian Mutiny.
In 1852 he married Mary Ann, daughter of Walter George Stewart of Spanish Town, in Jamaica. They had two sons, John Stewart Barker (1853) and Walter George Barker (1857). Barker died in Simla in July 1861.
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British Army general (1817-1861)
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George Robert Barker was born on 9 February 1817.
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George Robert Barker died on 27 July 1861.
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George Robert Barker was a military personnel.
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