General Sir Andrew Francis Barnard (1773 – 17 January 1855) was an Irish
British Army
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officer. He served in various capacities in the
West Indies
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, the
Cape of Good Hope
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, Canada, the
Netherlands
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,
Sicily
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, Spain and in the
Napoleonic Wars
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including the
Battle of Waterloo
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for which service he was highly decorated. After his retirement from active duty, he served in a number of civilian positions, being promoted to general four years before his death.
Biography
Barnard was born at
Fahan
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Hi ...
,
County Donegal
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, Ireland. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard, of Bovagh, County Londonderry (second son of
William Barnard, Bishop of Derry, and brother of
Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Limerick), by his second wife, Sarah ''née'' Robertson of Bannbrook,
County Londonderry
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.
Early career
He entered the army in Scotland as an ensign in the
90th Regiment of Foot in August 1794, became a lieutenant in the
81st Regiment of Foot
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in September and a captain in November of the same year. He served in
St. Domingo from April till August 1795, and on 2 December was transferred to the
55th Regiment.
He served in the expedition to the West Indies under
Sir Ralph Abercromby
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, and was present at the reduction of
Morne Fortune
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in May 1796.
In 1799 he accompanied the
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
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, and was present at the actions of 27 August 10 September, and 2 and 6 October.
On 19 December he was gazetted lieutenant and captain in the
1st Regiment of Footguards (now the
Grenadier Guards
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), obtained the rank of major on 1 January 1805, embarked with the 1st brigade of guards for
Sicily in 1806, and returned to England in September 1807.
On 28 January 1808 he became a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and was appointed Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in North America. He embarked for Canada in July 1808, was gazetted into the
1st Royals on 18 December, and returned to England in August 1809.
Napoleonic wars

On 29 March 1810 he exchanged into the
95th Rifles
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and with the glories of that distinguished regiment his name was henceforth linked. He was appointed to the command of the 3rd battalion, which had lately been raised, and on 11 July 1810 he embarked with the headquarters and two companies in the frigate , and landed on the 29th at
Cadiz, which was then besieged by
Marshal Victor. He commanded his battalion at the
Battle of Barrosa
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, where he was wounded twice, once severely; was present at the sieges of
Ciudad Rodrigo
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and
Badajoz (1812), and at the battles of
Salamanca
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and
Vittoria. Soon after the capture of Badajoz he was transferred to the 1st battalion. He obtained the rank of colonel on 4 June 1813; was at the storming of
San Sebastián
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, at the passage of the
Nivelle
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, where he was again severely wounded – shot through the lung – and at the battles of
Orthez
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and
Toulouse
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. In July 1813 we find him a
Knight Commander of the Bath
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. On 16 February 1814 Sir Andrew Barnard was appointed to the command of the 2nd brigade (the 52nd and 1st Battalion 95th) of the celebrated light division. For his services in Spain and Portugal he received a gold cross and four clasps.
On the resumption of hostilities against
Napoleon
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in 1815, Sir Andrew embarked with six companies of the 1st battalion of the 95th at Dover on 25 April, landed at
Ostend
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on the 27th, and arrived at Brussels on 12 May. He was present at
battle of Quatre Bras
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, and was slightly wounded at
Waterloo
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. For his services in this campaign he was awarded the Russian
order of St. George
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and the Austrian
Military Order of Maria Theresa
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History
Founded on 18 June 1757, the day of the Battle of Kolín, by the Empress Mari ...
. The
Duke of Wellington
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had so high an opinion of his services that, on the capitulation of Paris, he appointed him commandant of the British division occupying the French capital.
Honours
In 1821 King
George IV
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appointed him a
groom of the bedchamber
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, and on 13 June 1828 promoted him equerry to His Majesty. On 4 June 1830 he was gazetted one of three 'commissioners for affixing His Majesty's signature to instruments requiring the same' (''London Gazette'', 4 June 1830). On the accession of
William IV
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he became clerk-marshal in the royal household, and for many years, until the death of her majesty, he was clerk-marshal to Queen
Adelaide
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.
Sir Andrew became a major-general on 12 August 1819, and on 25 August 1822 Colonel of the Rifle Brigade. He was gazetted a lieutenant-general on 10 January 1837. On 26 November 1849 the Duke of Wellington appointed him lieutenant-governor of
Chelsea Hospital
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, and on 11 November 1851 he obtained the full rank of general.
He had the honorary dignity of M.A. conferred on him by the
university of Cambridge
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in 1842, and was a governor of the
Royal Academy of Music
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, of which institution he was one of the early promoters. He was nominated
Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic order
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in 1819 and a grand cross in 1833, and a
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath in 1840.
The
Barnard River in
New South Wales
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was named for him by the explorer
Thomas Mitchell.
Death
He died at Chelsea on 17 January 1855. Prior to the funeral those of the pensioners who had served under him in the
Peninsula
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obtained permission to see his remains. After they had left the room it was found that the coffin was covered with laurel leaves, for each man, unobserved, had brought in one and laid it on the body of his venerated chief.
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1st The Royal Dragoons officers
55th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army generals
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Cameronians officers
Grenadier Guards officers
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
81st Regiment of Foot officers
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1773 births
1855 deaths
Recipients of the Army Gold Cross
Military personnel from County Donegal