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Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (5 September 1842 – 25 January 1898) was a British army officer and a
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politician who sat in the
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from 1876 to 1885. Barne was the eldest son of
Frederick Barne Frederick Barne (8 November 1805 – 9 March 1886) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1832. Barne was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Barne and Mary Boucherett, daughter of Ayscogh ...
of Sotterley HalI, near
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,
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and his wife Mary Anne Elizabeth Honywood, eldest daughter of Sir John Courtenay Honywood, 5th Baronet. His father had been M.P. for the
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of
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Debrett's House of Commons 1881
/ref> in succession to earlier members of the Barne family. He joined the
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in 1859 and retired as captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1872. Barne was elected at a by-election in 1876 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for East Suffolk, and held the seat until the 1885 general election, when constituency was divided under the
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. Barne married Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour, daughter of
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in 1871. They lived at Sotterley Hall.the Peerage.com
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Michael Barne Michael Barne (15 October 1877 – 31 May 1961) was an officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition. Early life Barne was born at Sotterley Park, Suffolk, the son of Frederick Barne and his wife, Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour, daughter of ...
was the last surviving officer of the 1901-04
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barne, Frederick St John Newdigate 1842 births 1898 deaths Scots Guards officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Frederick St John