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 of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1830 to 1832. Barne was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Barne a ...

of Sotterley HalI, near

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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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Dunwich Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around north-east of London, south of Southwold and north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast. In the Anglo-Saxon period, Dunwich was t ...

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. Sotterley - Sotterley Hall

Barne was elected at a by-election in 1876 as one of the two

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(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

Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford (11 February 1812 – 25 January 1884), known as Francis Seymour until 1870, was a British army officer, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the House ...

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 and was the last survivor of the expedition. Early life Barne was born at Sotterley Park, Suffolk, the son of Frederick Barne and his wife, Lad ...

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