Edmund Barrow
{{Short description|British Army general (1852–1934)}}
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| name = Sir Edmund Barrow
| image = General Sir Edmund George Barrow in 1916.jpg
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| caption = Barrow in 1916
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|01|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|01|03|1852|01|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Milestown, Castlebellingham, County Louth, Ireland
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = British Army
| serviceyears = 1871–1919
| rank = General
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| commands = Southern Army, India
1st (Peshawar) Division
Hong Kong Regiment
| battles = Second Anglo-Afghan War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Boxer Rebellion
First World War
| awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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General Sir Edmund George Barrow, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GCB|KCMG}} (28 January 1852 – 3 January 1934) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914 to 1917.{{cite news |title= Obituary: General Sir Edmund Barrow – The Mesopotamian Campaign |work=The Times |date=5 January 1934 |page=7 }}
Early life and education
Barrow was born in British India to Major General Joseph Lyons Barrow of the Madras Army, and his wife, Alicia. He was educated at Marlborough College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Military career
Barrow was commissioned into the 102nd Regiment of Foot in 1871, at age 19.{{London Gazette|issue=23812|page=5877|date=29 December 1871}}{{cite magazine|title=Barrow, Lieut.-General Sir Edmund George Barrow|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=102|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA102}} Having joined the Indian Army in 1877, he served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW3.shtml Sir Edmund George Barrow] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 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. He was made Commanding Officer of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892, 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,Hart′s Army list, 1901 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, after which he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.{{London Gazette |issue=27337 |date=24 July 1901 |page=4915 |supp=y}} 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,{{London Gazette |issue=27403 |date=4 February 1902 |page=718 }} and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in India in 1904. He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India in 1908.
Barrow served in the First World War as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914. He was appointed a member of the Council of India in 1917 and retired in 1919.
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Category:19th-century British Army personnel
Category:British Army generals of World War I
Category:People educated at Marlborough College
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Category:British military personnel of the Tirah campaign
Category:British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion