Edward George Barnard

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

He was the son of William and Frances Barnard and baptised on 18 May 1778.[4] He was a member of the Barnard family of shipbuilders who had established themselves at Deptford on the River Thames.[5] He became very wealthy, and in 1824 he purchased Gosfield Hall and estate in Essex from the Marquess of Buckingham for 150,000 guineas.[6][7]

He was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the newly enfranchised borough of Greenwich.[8][9] 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.[8] He held the seat until his death at his family seat in 1851, aged 73.[1][8] He was buried in the family vault in Gosfield Parish Church on 21 June.[10]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970
  5. ^ Barnard, John E (1997). Building Britain's Wooden Walls: Barnard Dynasty c.1697-1851. Oswestry: Anthony Nelson. ISBN 0904614638.
  6. ^ "Multiple News Items". Morning Post. 17 May 1824.
  7. ^ "Gosfield Hall, Essex". The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b c Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1851). The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 36. London: John Bowyers, Nichol & Company. p. 543.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "The funeral of E. G. Barnard, Esq., M.P". The Bury & Norwich Post. 25 June 1851.