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Sir George Barrow, 2nd Baronet, (22 October 1806 – 1876) was an English civil servant.
In 1832 he married Rosamond, daughter of W. Pennell, consul-general at Brazil, adopted daughter of the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker and sister of Croker's wife.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM19051005.2.2 He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, John Croker Barrow, author of the ''Valley of Tears'' and other poems, in which there are some in memoriam verses to his father.
In early life Sir George too exhibited poetic taste in a translation of some odes of Anacreon, which was spoken of favourably by William Gifford, first editor of the '' Quarterly Review''. In 1850, Sir George laid the foundation-stone of the Barrow monument erected to his father's memory on the Hill of Hoad, Ulverston. In 1857, Sir George Barrow published a small volume, ''Ceylon Past and Present''.
Life
Barrow was the eldest son of Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet andAnna Maria Truter
Anna Maria Truter, Lady Barrow (17 August 1777 – 15 December 1857) was a Cape Colony botanical artist. By the time she left the Cape in 1803, she had assembled the first known portfolio of Cape flower studies and landscapes. Her husband, Sir Jo ...
. Sir George was born in Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...
, educated at Charterhouse, and appointed to a clerkship in the Colonial Office in 1825. He was promoted to senior clerk in 1843, and became chief clerk in July 1870. In the same month he was appointed secretary to the Order of St. Michael and St. George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.
It is named in honour ...
, a post he held concurrently with that of chief clerk in the Colonial Office, until his retirement in September, 1872. In May 1874 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III.
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(CMG).
In 1832 he married Rosamond, daughter of W. Pennell, consul-general at Brazil, adopted daughter of the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker and sister of Croker's wife.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM19051005.2.2 He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, John Croker Barrow, author of the ''Valley of Tears'' and other poems, in which there are some in memoriam verses to his father.
In early life Sir George too exhibited poetic taste in a translation of some odes of Anacreon, which was spoken of favourably by William Gifford, first editor of the '' Quarterly Review''. In 1850, Sir George laid the foundation-stone of the Barrow monument erected to his father's memory on the Hill of Hoad, Ulverston. In 1857, Sir George Barrow published a small volume, ''Ceylon Past and Present''.
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1806 births 1876 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School 19th-century English writers 2 George Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People from Mayfair English civil servants {{england-writer-stub