| Sir Edmund Barrow | |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1852 |
| Birth Place: | British India |
| Death Place: | Milestown, Castlebellingham, County Louth, Ireland |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1871–1919 |
| Rank: | General |
| Commands: | Hong Kong Regiment 1st (Peshawar) Division Southern Army, India |
| Battles: | Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War Boxer Rebellion World War I |
| Awards: | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
General Sir Edmund George Barrow (28 January 1852 – 3 January 1934) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.[1]
Barrow was born in British India to Major-General Joseph Lyons Barrow, R.A., of the Madras Army, and his wife, Alicia. He was educated at Marlborough College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Barrow was commissioned into the 102nd Regiment of Foot in 1871, at age 19.[2] Having joined the Indian Army in 1877, he served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[3] He was a member of the Lockhart Boundary Commission to Chitral, Kafirstan, Hunza and Wakhan in 1885 and the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission in 1889.[3] He was made Commanding Officer of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892,[3] and took part in the Tirah Expedition to the North West Frontier of India in 1897. He was appointed deputy adjutant-general, Bengal Command, on 1 April 1900,[4] but only three months later, in July 1900 was transferred as Chief of Staff for the China Expeditionary Force in response to the Boxer Rebellion,[3] after which he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).He was appointed Secretary to the Military Department of the Government of India in November 1901, with the temporary rank of Major-general whilst so employed, and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in India in 1904.[3] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India in 1908.[3]
He served in World War I as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914.[3] He was appointed a member of the Council of India in 1917 and retired in 1919.[3]
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