Edmund Barrow

General Sir Edmund George Barrow GCB KCMG (28 January 1852 – 3 January 1934) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.[1]

Sir Edmund Barrow
Barrow in 1916
Born	28 January 1852 British India
Died	3 January 1934 (aged 81) Milestown, Castlebellingham, County Louth, Ireland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1871–1919
Rank	General
Commands held	Hong Kong Regiment 1st (Peshawar) Division Southern Army, India
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War Boxer Rebellion World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Early life and education

Barrow was born in British India to Major-General Joseph Lyons Barrow, R.A., of the Madras Army, and his wife, Alicia. He was educated at Marlborough College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]

Military career

Barrow was commissioned into the 102nd Regiment of Foot in 1871, at age 19.[2][3] Having joined the Indian Army in 1877, he served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[4] He was a member of the Lockhart Boundary Commission to Chitral, Kafirstan, Hunza and Wakhan in 1885 and the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission in 1889.[4] He was made Commanding Officer of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892,[4] and took part in the Tirah Expedition to the North West Frontier of India in 1897. He was appointed deputy adjutant-general, Bengal Command, on 1 April 1900,[5] but only three months later, in July 1900 was transferred as Chief of Staff for the China Expeditionary Force in response to the Boxer Rebellion,[4] after which he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[6] He was appointed Secretary to the Military Department of the Government of India in November 1901, with the temporary rank of Major-general whilst so employed,[7] and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in India in 1904.[4] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India in 1908.[4]

He served in World War I as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914.[4] He was appointed a member of the Council of India in 1917 and retired in 1919.[4]

References

1. "Obituary: General Sir Edmund Barrow – The Mesopotamian Campaign". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 5 January 1934. p. 7.
2. "No. 23812". The London Gazette. 29 December 1871. p. 5877.
3. "Barrow, Lieut.-General Sir Edmund George Barrow". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 102.
4. Sir Edmund George Barrow Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
5. Hart′s Army list, 1901
6. "No. 27337". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 July 1901. p. 4915.
7. "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 718.