Edward George Barnard
Edward George Barnard (c.1778 - 14 June 1851)[1] was a British shipbuilder and Liberal Party politician.[2]
He was a member of the Barnard family of shipbuilders who had established themselves at Deptford on the River Thames.[3] He become very wealthy, and in 1824 he purchased Gosfield Hall and estate in Essex from the Marquess of Buckingham for 150,000 guineas.[4][5]
He was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the newly enfranchised borough of Greenwich.[6][7] He was regarded as an "ultra-radical" who was in favour of the abolition of slavery, triennial parliaments, an ending of "taxes on knowledge" and the secret ballot.[6] He held the seat until his death in 1851, aged 73.[1][6] He was buried in the family vault in Gosfield Parish Church on 21 June.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- ↑ "Deaths". The Standard. 17 June 1851.
- ↑ Barnard, John E (1997). Building Britain's Wooden Walls: Barnard Dynasty c.1697-1851. Oswestry: Anthony Nelson. ISBN 0904614638.
- ↑ "Multiple News Items". Morning Post. 17 May 1824.
- ↑ "Gosfield Hall, Essex". The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1851). The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 36. London: John Bowyers, Nichol & Company. p. 543.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 9. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ "The funeral of E. G. Barnard, Esq., M.P". The Bury & Norwich Post. 25 June 1851.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Barnard
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Greenwich 1832 – 1851 With: James Dundas 1832–1835 John Angerstein 1835–1837 Matthias Wolverley Attwood 1837–1841 James Dundas |
Succeeded by David Salomons James Dundas |