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Sir George Barne III (c. 1532–1593) was a prominent merchant and public official from London during the reign of Elizabeth I, and the son of Sir George Barne II, and Alice Brooke. ==Life== Barne was a haberdasher of London,〔("Willis's Current Notes" ), Willis's Current Notes, p. 84, Retrieved 30 Sep 2009.〕 who was an Alderman of the London ward Bridge between 1574–1576, Tower between 1576–1583, Langbourn between 1583–1587, and Bassishaw between 1587-1593.〔("Aldermen of London" ), Tudor Place, Retrieved 4 Oct 2009.〕 Barne served as Auditor of London in 1574, Sheriff of London between 1576–1577, Lord Mayor of London between 1586–1587, and was knighted by Lord Chamberlain in 1587. He was a Master of the Haberdashers' Company between 1586–1587, represented London in the Parliament between 1588–1589, and was President of St. Thomas' Hospital between 1592-1593.〔 Barne was also the Governor of the Muscovy Company several times, and a founder of the Spanish Company, in 1577, and the Turkey Company. In 1580, he helped finance a voyage to discover a Northeast Passage, like his father had done decades earlier.〔("Dynamics of Commercial Development" ), Merchants and revolution, p. 17,20, Retrieved 2 Oct 2009.〕 Barne supported the voyage of Edward Fenton in 1582 and John Davis's voyage in 1586, both which sought to find the Northwest Passage.〔("Barkham-Barrington" ), The genesis of the United States, p. 825, Retrieved 5 Oct 2009.〕 He was related to several families of the London oligarchy, had shares in the Company of Mineral and Battery Works, and was well connected, considered one of the most influential people of his times in London municipal affairs.〔("Trade in the Baltic" ), Studies in the history of English commerce in the Tudor period, p. 259, 260, Retrieved 3 Oct 2009.〕 Sir Jerome Horsey wrote that Barne was his dear friend, and it is noted that Barne was a contemporary of Henry Hudson.〔("A Historical Inquiry" ), A Historical Inquiry, p. 81, Retrieved 2 Oct 2009.〕 John Stow dedicated his work "The Chronicles of England" to Barne.〔 Upon his death, Barne left a will which revealed his financial success, holding land and estates in several countries.〔("England and the Baltic" ), ''England and the Baltic in the Elizabethan Era'', p. 96, Retrieved 2 Oct 2009.〕 He lived on Lombard Street, London and was buried at St Edmund, King and Martyr nearby. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Barne III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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