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Authorised form of nameBarlow; Sir; Robert (1757 - 1843)
Dates1757 - 1843
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth25 December 1757
Place of deathArchbishop's palace, Canterbury
Date of death11 May 1843
ActivityCareer:
Entered the Royal Navy; Lieutenant (1778); Captain (1793); Deputy Comptroller of Navy (1806); Commissioner of Chatham dockyard (1808); Admiral (1840)
Honours:
Kt 1801; KCB 1820; GCB 1842
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/01/1819
RelationshipsEldest son of William Barlow of Bath
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 p 527
CodeNA3451
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1818/16Barlow, Sir Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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