LC control no. | n 87836261 |
---|---|
Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Barker, Robert, Sir, 1729?-1789 |
Birth date | 1729? |
Death date | 17890914 |
Found in | NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Libr. for Cooley, J. Papers, 1783-1822 (Sir Robert Barker, absentee British landowner) NUCMC files (Barker, Robert, Sir; estate records Sir Robert Barker in Greenwich and Alexandria, N.J., 1789-1790) Dict. nat'l. biog. (Barker, Sir Robert, 1729-1789; long time commander-in-chief in Bengal; nothing is known about his birth; accompanied expedition to Philippine islands from Madras in 1762, returned to England the following and was knighted but soon returned to India; resigned commission and returned to England; became member of Parliment for Wallingford in 1774; March 1781 received baronetcy; retired in 1780; d. 14 Sept. 1789) |
Associated language | eng |