Edward William Barnett1,2

#3900, (1835 - March 1895)
BirthEdward William Barnett was born in 1835 in Walsall, Staffordshire.2,3
 
MarriageHe married Emily Bonnycastle, daughter of Humphrey Bonnycastle and Jane Cottrell, on 7 Oct 1867 in St George's Cathedral, Madras, India.4 
Newspaper Published 25 Nov 1867.
Married by the Revs J Griffiths, E Stone, and JW Wynch; E.W. Barnett, Esq, of Walsall, Staffordshire; Emily youngest daughter of the late Humphrey Bonnycastle Esq of Woolwich, Kent. No Cards.4
 
Newspaper Published 1873. Item in the London Times, September 1873:
The New Member for Dover.
-- Mr Edward William Barnett, of 25, Lancaster-gate, Hyde Park, who has just been returned to Parliament in the Conservative interest as member for Dover in the place of Sir George Jessel, now Master of the Rolls, is the fourth son of the late Mr. Horatio Barnett, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Baker, of Brereton, in Staffordshire. He was born in the year 1835, and was educated at the Grammar School at Walsall and at Appleby, Leicestershire. He served his apprenticeship as a Civil Engineer with Messrs. M'Clean and Stileman, of Great George-street, Westminster, and has been engaged in many important engineering works, especially in the Madras Presidency, and is now engaged in carrying out works of magnitude in England, India, and America. Mr. Barnett married in 1866 Emily, daughter of Mr. Humphrey Bonnycastle, of Paris.2
 
ResidenceHe lived in 11 St Petersburg Place, Kensington Gardens, London, in 1888.1 
1891 CensusE.W. and Emily Barnett appeared on the 1891 Census of Paddington, London, at 11 St Petersburg Place, enumerated 5 Apr 1891. EW was 56, a Retired Civil Engineer, and was born in Walsall, Staffordshire. Emily was 48 and born in Greenwich, Kent. They had one general servant.3 
Death RegHis death was registered in the quarter ending Mar 1895 in Paddington RD, age 59.5 

Family

Emily Bonnycastle b. 1841
Children
Last Edited14 Jun 2009

Citations:

  1. J.A., comp Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (n.p.: Cambridge University Press, 1921), viewed on Ancestry.com.
  2. The London Times (Times Digital Archive), 25 Sep 1873, p 12, column B.
  3. Online image of the 1891 Census for England & Wales (Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.co.uk), RG12/17 folio 23.
  4. The London Times (Times Digital Archive), 25 Nov 1867, p1, col A.
  5. Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/).
  6. Inferred from analysis of data.
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