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Colonel Osmond Barnes CB (23 December 1834 – 20 May 1930) was a British soldier of the Indian Army and Chief Herald of India. ==Early life== The son of John Barnes, of Portland Place, London, and Chorleywood House, Hertfordshire, Barnes was born in Bryanston Square, London, on 23 December 1834, and educated at Rugby School.〔''BARNES, Colonel Osmond'' in ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' online, retrieved 25 January 2007, from (BARNES, Colonel Osmond ) at credoreference.com (a subscription site)〕 His parents, John Barnes and Sarah Medley, were married on 21 July 1824, and had eleven children, Edmund John, Augusta, Sarah, Lucy Antoinette, Charles Augustus, Edward Medley, John Henry, Osmond, Harold, Ada Mary, and Jocelyn. In 1831, in reporting the early death of Barnes's sister Augusta at the age of five, ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' described their father as "John Barnes, esq., banker, Faringdon, and of Chorley Wood House".〔(Obituary ) in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' for 1831, p. 380, online at books.google.com (accessed 26 January 2008)〕 An obituary of Osmond Barnes states that at the time of his birth, his father, John Barnes, was a High Sheriff.〔Obituary of Osmond Barnes in ''The Times'', 27 May 1930〕 However, according to ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' and the ''Annual Register'', John Barnes of Chorley Wood House was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in the year 1844.〔(Sheriffs for the Year 1844 ) in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' for 1844, p. 307, online at books.google.com (accessed 26 January 2008)〕〔(Sheriffs for the Year 1844 ) in ''The Annual Register'' for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 26 January 2008)〕 Chorleywood, although in Hertfordshire, is close to its boundary with Buckinghamshire. 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「Osmond Barnes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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