Frederick St John Newdigate Barne
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Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (5 September 1842 – 25 January 1898) was a British army officer and a Conservative
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1885.
Barne was the eldest son of Frederick Barne
of Sotterley HalI
, near Wangford
, Suffolk and his wife Mary Anne Elizabeth Honywood, eldest daughter of Sir John Edward Courtenay Honywood, 6th Baronet
. His father had been M.P. for the rotten borough
of Dunwich
in succession to earlier members of the Barne family. He joined the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1859 and retired as captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1872.
Barne was elected at a by-election in 1876 as one of the two Members of Parliament
(MP) for East Suffolk, and held the seat until the 1885 general election
, when constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
.
Barne married Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour, daughter of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
in 1871. They lived at Sotterley Hall. Their son Michael Barne
was the last surviving officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition
.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1885.
Barne was the eldest son of Frederick Barne
Frederick Barne
Frederick Barne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1832.In 1830 Barne was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Dunwich and held the seat until 1832 when it was abolished under the 1832 Reform Act...
of Sotterley HalI
Sotterley
Sotterley, originally Southern-lea from its situation south of the river, is a parish in the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of Beccles and east of Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield. The parish is primarily agricultural with a dispersed population of 110...
, near Wangford
Wangford
Wangford is a village in Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southwold. .Wangford is connected to the rest of Suffolk by two main roads...
, Suffolk and his wife Mary Anne Elizabeth Honywood, eldest daughter of Sir John Edward Courtenay Honywood, 6th Baronet
Honywood Baronets
The Honywood Baronetcy, of Evington in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 19 July 1660 for Edward Honywood. He was the son of Sir John Honywood, High Sheriff of Kent from 1607 to 1609. The second Baronet represented Canterbury in the House of Commons. The...
. His father had been M.P. for the rotten borough
Rotten borough
A "rotten", "decayed" or pocket borough was a parliamentary borough or constituency in the United Kingdom that had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain undue and unrepresentative influence within Parliament....
of Dunwich
Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Dunwich was a parliamentary borough in Suffolk, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
in succession to earlier members of the Barne family. He joined the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1859 and retired as captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1872.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for East Suffolk, and held the seat until the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
, when constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
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Barne married Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour, daughter of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford GCB PC , known as Francis Seymour until 1870, was a British courtier and Conservative politician...
in 1871. They lived at Sotterley Hall. Their son Michael Barne
Michael Barne
Michael Barne was an officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition and was the last survivor of the expedition.-Early life:...
was the last surviving officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition
Discovery Expedition
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier...
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