Sir James Horace Barnes, (14 December 1891 – 4 February 1969) was an English civil servant. Educated at

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, he entered the civil service in 1919 as an official in the

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. He was Deputy Director of Civil Aviation from 1940 to 1941 and the Joint Deputy Under Secretary of State from 1943 to 1945, when he became the sole Deputy Under Secretary. He was subsequently

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of the Air Ministry from 1947 from 1955. At the time of his retirement, he was the only official to have worked closely with every Chief of the Air Staff to date."Sir James Barnes", ''

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'' (London), 7 February 1969, p. 12. ."Barnes, Sir James (Horace)"
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, 2021). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, James 1891 births 1969 deaths English civil servants Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire