George Barney

George Barney
George Barney, ca. 1860
Born(1792-05-19)19 May 1792
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Died16 April 1862(1862-04-16) (aged 69)
St Leonards, New South Wales
Buried
St Thomas Rest Park, Crows Nest, Sydney[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
BranchBoard of Ordnance
Years of service1808–1846
RankLieutenant Colonel
Service number402
UnitCorps of Royal Engineers
CommandsCRE, New South Wales, 1835–43
CRE, Athlone District, 1845[2]
CRE, Woolwich, 1846[3]
Campaigns
MemorialsMemorial to Lieutenant Colonel George Barney, Bligh & Barney Reserve, The Rocks, Sydney[5]
RelationsJoseph Barney (father)
Other workColonial 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.

  1. ^ "LTC George Barney". Find a Grave. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ Hart, Henry George (1845). The New Annual Army List (PDF). London: John Murray. p. 273.
  3. ^ Hart, Henry George (1846). The New Annual Army List (PDF). London: John Murray. p. 273.
  4. ^ a b c Hart, Henry George (1840). The New Annual Army List. London: John Murray.
  5. ^ a b "Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel George Barney". Heritage NSW: Heritage and Conservation Register. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference George Barney NSW Parl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ 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.