Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet

Sir
John Barrow
Bt FRS FRGS FSA
Barrow around 1810
Second Secretary to the Admiralty
In office
22 May 1804 – 28 April 1845 (1804-05-22 – 1845-04-28)
Preceded byBenjamin Tucker
Succeeded byWilliam Baillie-Hamilton
Personal details
Born(1764-06-19)19 June 1764
Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Died23 November 1848(1848-11-23) (aged 84)
London, Middlesex, England
Spouse
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(m. 1799)​
Children
OccupationGeographer, linguist, writer

Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS, FSA (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant. He partook in the Macartney Embassy to China, then worked and studied in South Africa, and served as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845.

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