Herbert Barnes

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Rev. Canon Herbert Barnes, MA (3 July 1832 – 15 October 1890) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1885–90. He was also Treasurer and Canon of Exeter Cathedral.{{cite news |title=Funeral of the Late Canon Barnes |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000265/18901022/006/0002 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Western Times |date=22 October 1890 |page=2}}The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory (1889). London, Hamilton & Co 1889"Obituary." Yorkshire Herald (York, England), Friday, October 17, 1890; pg. 7; Issue 12285

He was born in Sowton, Devon, to Venerable George Barnes and Harriet Penelope Rivett-Carnac. His father was also Archdeacon of Barnstaple and was the first Archdeacon of Madras. His paternal grandfather, Ralph Barnes, was the Archdeacon of Totnes and Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral.

Barnes was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1855 and M.A. in 1855. His elder brother, George Carnac Barnes (1818–1861), was a colonial administrator in India.{{alox2|title=Barnes, Herbert}}{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kdDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA289|year=1860|publisher=R. Newton|page=289}} He married Charlotte Kitson, in Madras. She died in 1880. After a long illness, he died at the Cathedral Close, Exeter in 1890.