George Carnac Barnes, CB (1818 – 13 May 1861) was a British administrator in India. The son of the Venerable George Barnes,

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and Archdeacon of Bombay, he was educated at

Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...

before proceeding to India. As Commissioner of the

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, he preserved their allegiance during the

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, for which he was appointed a CB. He was appointed Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in succession to

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, but soon died of

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.{{Cite book , last=Trotter , first=Lionel J. , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUsOAAAAQAAJ , title=History of India Under Queen Victoria From 1836 to 1880 , publisher= W. H. Allen & Co. , year=1886 , location=London , pages=136–137 He was succeeded by Sir Henry Marion Durand. His son Sir George Stapylton Barnes was a civil servant in Britain and in India. Another son, Monsignor Arthur Stapylton Barnes, was a prominent Roman Catholic clergyman. A nephew, Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, also reached high office in India.

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1818 births 1861 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath People educated at Westminster School, London Administrators in British India Indian Civil Service (British India) officers British people of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Deaths from dysentery