George Barney | |
|---|---|
 George Barney, ca. 1860 | |
| Born | 19 May 1792 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 16 April 1862 (aged 69) St Leonards, New South Wales |
| Buried | St Thomas Rest Park, Crows Nest, Sydney[1] |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | Board of Ordnance |
| Years of service | 1808–1846 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service number | 402 |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Commands | CRE, New South Wales, 1835–43 CRE, Athlone District, 1845[2] CRE, Woolwich, 1846[3] |
| Campaigns | |
| Memorials | Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel George Barney, Bligh & Barney Reserve, The Rocks, Sydney[5] |
| Relations | Joseph Barney (father) |
| Other work | Colonial Engineer, 1835–44 Superintendent North Australia, 1846–47 Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, 1849–55 Member of the Legislative Assembly, 1851–56 Surveyor General, 1855–59[5] |
Lieutenant Colonel George Barney (19 May 1792 – 16 April 1862)[6] was a military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers[7]: 17 and became Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of North Australia.
- ^ "LTC George Barney". Find a Grave. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Hart, Henry George (1845). The New Annual Army List (PDF). London: John Murray. p. 273.
- ^ Hart, Henry George (1846). The New Annual Army List (PDF). London: John Murray. p. 273.
- ^ a b c Hart, Henry George (1840). The New Annual Army List. London: John Murray.
- ^ a b "Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel George Barney". Heritage NSW: Heritage and Conservation Register. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
George Barney NSW Parlwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Connolly, Thomas William John (1898). Richard Fielding Edwards (ed.). Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898. Chatham: The Royal Engineers Institute.