Frederick Barne Explained

Frederick Barne
Parliament:United Kingdom
Predecessor:Michael Barne
Successor:Constituency abolished
Term Start:1830
Term End:1832
Birth Date:8 November 1801
Death Date:9 March 1886
Nationality:British

Frederick Barne (8 November 1805 – 9 March 1886)[1] was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1832.

Barne was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Barne and Mary Boucherett, daughter of Ayscoghe Boucherett. He served as a captain in the 12th Royal Lancers.[2] In 1830 he was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Dunwich, the previous MP being his father. He held the seat until 1832 when it was abolished under the Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45). He lived at Sotterley HalI and was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1851.

In 1834, Barne married Mary Anne Elizabeth Honywood, eldest daughter of Sir John Courtenay Honywood, 5th Baronet. Their son Frederick St John Barne was later Member of Parliament for East Suffolk.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 4 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page . 14 January 2010 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407130329/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons4.htm . 7 April 2017 .
  2. Obituaries. March 12, 1886. 10. 31705.
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p3496.htm#i34951 the Peerage.com