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7 February 1833 Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
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28 September 1884 (aged 51) Cairo, Egypt |
Christopher Hewetson Barnes (7 February 1833 – 28 September 1884) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the surgeon Christopher Hewetson Barnes, he was born at Marylebone in February 1833. A career soldier, he was an officer in the Royal Artillery and served in British India with the Bengal Artillery. Barnes was seriously wounded by a bullet to his right breast on 10 November 1857, during the rebel siege of Neemuch Fort in Rajputana, which was a part of the Indian Mutiny.[1] He recovered from his wounds and returned to England, where he played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions in 1860, against Oxford University and Cambridge University, in addition to county opponents in the form of Kent and Sussex.[2] He had little success in these four matches, scoring just 17 runs.[3]
Continuing to serve in the Bengal Artillery, he was promoted to second captain in October 1861.[4] He was made a captain in February 1870,[5] with promotion to major following in July 1872.[6] Holding the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1882, he was promoted to colonel in December 1882.[7] Barnes was appointed to the staff to command the Royal Artillery in Egypt in July 1884.[8] His command in Egypt was however short-lived, with Barnes falling ill from dysentery. He died on 28 September 1884, while being nursed at General Stephenson's Cairo house.[9] He was survived by his son, Henry, who also played first-class cricket.
References[]
- ↑ "No. 22136". 6 May 1858. p. 2225. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22136/page/2225
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Christopher Barnes". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/36/36294/First-Class_Matches.html.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Christopher Barnes". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36294/f_Batting_by_Team.html.
- ↑ "No. 22621". 29 April 1862. p. 2232. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22621/page/2232
- ↑ "No. 23600". 22 March 1870. p. 1834. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23600/page/1834
- ↑ "No. 23876". 16 July 1872. p. 3193. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23876/page/3193
- ↑ "No. 25191". 23 January 1883. p. 399. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25191/page/399
- ↑ "No. 25387". 15 August 1884. p. 3679. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25387/page/3679
- ↑ County News. Essex Newsman. 4 October 1884. p. 2
External links[]
- Player profile: C from ESPNcricinfo
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