Edward George Barnard

Edward George Barnard (c.1778 - 14 June 1851)^[1] was a British shipbuilder and Liberal Party politician.^[2][3]

He was a member of the Barnard family of shipbuilders who had established themselves at Deptford on the River Thames.^[4] He become very wealthy, and in 1824 he purchased Gosfield Hall and estate in Essex from the Marquess of Buckingham for 150,000 guineas.^[5][6]

He was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the newly enfranchised borough of Greenwich.^[7][8] He was regarded as an "ultra-radical" who was in favour of the abolition of slavery, triennial parliaments, an ending of "taxes on knowledge" and the secret ballot.^[7] He held the seat until his death in 1851, aged 73.^[1][7] He was buried in the family vault in Gosfield Parish Church on 21 June.^[9]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
2. "Deaths". The Standard. 17 June 1851.
3. Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Barnard
4. Barnard, John E (1997). Building Britain's Wooden Walls: Barnard Dynasty c.1697-1851. Oswestry: Anthony Nelson. ISBN 0904614638.
5. "Multiple News Items". Morning Post. 17 May 1824.
6. "Gosfield Hall, Essex". The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
7. Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1851). The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 36. London: John Bowyers, Nichol & Company. p. 543.
8. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 9. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
9. "The funeral of E. G. Barnard, Esq., M.P". The Bury & Norwich Post. 25 June 1851.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Barnard