Henry Barnes-Lawrence

Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence (1815– 1896) was an Anglican clergyman, notable as the ornithologist who founded the Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds[1] and with others (Francis Orpen Morris; William Thomson, Archbishop of York; and Christopher Sykes, MP) generated the pressure which led to the 1869 Sea Birds Preservation Act.[2]

The Reverend

Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence
Born(1815-02-11)11 February 1815
Surat
Died29 May 1896(1896-05-29) (aged 81)
Bridlington, England
OccupationAnglican priest
Known forOrnithologist, founder of The Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds
SpouseEmily Lloyd
Children4 sons and 1 daughter

Early life

Barnes was born in Surat on 11 February 1815; and educated at Clare College, Cambridge.[3]

Church

He entered the Church of England and became curate at St Luke's, Chelsea then St James, Ryde. In 1849 he became Rector of Bridlington.[4]

Personal life

In 1841 he married Emily Lloyd, who was the daughter of the then Incumbent of St Dunstan-in-the-West.[5] They had eight children: Arthur Evelyn (born 1851), Herbert Cecil (born 1852, died 1926), Ashley Lawrence (born 1854), Lionel Aubrey Walter (born 1855), Ernest Frederick (born 1857, died 1915), Ada Florence (born 1859, died 1922), Clement Henry (born 1861, died 1887) and Emily Constance (born 1864).[6] It seems likely that Cyril Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence, who became Master of Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth was a grandson, rather than a son, as previously stated.[7]

Death

Barnes-Lawrence died at Bridlington on 29 May 1896.[8]

References
  1. The Saviour of "those fair birds of God" Wilson, M p5 Bridlington, Bridlington Priory, 2005
  2. Hansard: Sea Birds Preservation Bill, Lord's Committee
  3. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. i Vol. i. Abbey – Challis (1940) p162
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1868 p34: London, Horace Cox, 1868
  5. "Sermons preached in the parish church of St. Dunstan's in the West, London" Lloyd, The Rev. R: London, R.B Seeley & W.Burnside, 1835
  6. Ancestry
  7. United Kingdom list: "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. pp. 1–36.
  8. OBITUARY.Yorkshire Herald (York, England), Thursday, 30 May 1896; pg. 5; Issue 14035


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