Henry William Barnard
| Sir Henry William Barnard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1799 Westbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Died | 5 July 1857 British India |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General. |
| Unit |
Grenadier Guards 3rd Division 2nd Division |
| Battles/wars | |
Sir Henry William Barnard (1799 – 5 July 1857) was an officer of the British Army. He served during the First Anglo-Afghan War and the Crimean War, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general.
Barnard, the son of the Reverend William Henry Barnard of Water Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and great-grandson of William Barnard, bishop of Derry, was born at Westbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1799. He was educated at Westminster School and Sandhurst, and obtained a commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1814. He served on the staff of his uncle, Sir Andrew Francis Barnard during the occupation of Paris, and afterwards on that of Sir John Keane in Jamaica. Later he was with his battalion in Canada, and filled various staff appointments at home.
A newly made major-general on the outbreak of the Crimean War, Barnard landed in the Crimea in 1854, in command of a brigade of the 3rd, or Sir Richard England's, division of the army, with which he was present during the winter of 1854–5. When General James Simpson succeeded to the chief command on the death of Lord Raglan, Barnard became his chief of the staff, a position he held at the fall of Sevastopol in September 1855. Afterwards he commanded the 2nd division of the army in the Crimea.
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