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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Barker was the eldest son of Robert Barker M.D., of [[Hammersmith]], and his wife Hannah Whitehead.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/barker-sir-robert-1732-89\|title=Barker, Sir Robert (?1732–89), of Busbridge, Surr., History of Parliament Online\|accessdate=8 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> He went to [[India]] in 1749 and in 1757, during the [[Seven Years' War]], commanded the artillery at the Capture of [[Chandannagar]] and at the [[Battle of Plassey]].<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1410?docPos=3 Sir Robert Barker at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> In 1762 he went on an expedition to [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name=odnb/> He was [[Knight Bachelor\|knighted]] on 16 January 1764.<ref name=odnb/><ref>Stephens 1885, p. 208.</ref>		Barker was the eldest son of Robert Barker M.D., of [[Hammersmith]], and his wife Hannah Whitehead.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/barker-sir-robert-1732-89\|title=Barker, Sir Robert (?1732–89), of Busbridge, Surr., History of Parliament Online\|accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref> He went to [[India]] in 1749 and in 1757, during the [[Seven Years' War]], commanded the artillery at the Capture of [[Chandannagar]] and at the [[Battle of Plassey]].<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1410?docPos=3 Sir Robert Barker at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> In 1762 he went on an expedition to [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name=odnb/> He was [[Knight Bachelor\|knighted]] on 16 January 1764.<ref name=odnb/><ref>Stephens 1885, p. 208.</ref>

	Two years later he returned to [[India]] to protect the [[Nawab of Awadh\|Nawab wazir of Oudh]] [[Shuja-ud-Daula]].<ref name=odnb/> In 1769 he became [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]<ref name=smith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR20&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=24#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX]</ref> he became likewise provincial commander-in-chief in Bengal to the great disgust of Sir [[Fletcher baronets\|Richard Fletcher]].{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}		Two years later he returned to [[India]] to protect the [[Nawab of Awadh\|Nawab wazir of Oudh]] [[Shuja-ud-Daula]].<ref name=odnb/> In 1769 he became [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]<ref name=smith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR20&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=24#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX]</ref> he became likewise provincial commander-in-chief in Bengal to the great disgust of Sir [[Fletcher baronets\|Richard Fletcher]].{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}
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	However he exceeded his authority by committing the [[East India Company]] to guaranteeing a treaty and by confronting a possible [[Maratha Empire]] invasion.<ref name=odnb/> He resigned in 1773: Colonel [[Alexander Champion (East India Company officer)\|Champion]], who succeeded him, had to conduct the first Rohilla war.{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}		However he exceeded his authority by committing the [[East India Company]] to guaranteeing a treaty and by confronting a possible [[Maratha Empire]] invasion.<ref name=odnb/> He resigned in 1773: Colonel [[Alexander Champion (East India Company officer)\|Champion]], who succeeded him, had to conduct the first Rohilla war.{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}

	Barker returned to [[England]] becoming [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)\|Wallingford]] in 1774.<ref name=odnb/> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1775.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=((text)%3D'barker')\| title= Royal Society Fellows Details\|publisher= The Royal Society\|accessdate = 6 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> In 1781 he was created a [[baronet]], of [[Busbridge\|Bushbridge]] in the [[County of Surrey]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=12172 \|date=20 March 1781 \|page=5}}</ref> Barker's ability as an officer won him the friendship and esteem of Clive.{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}		Barker returned to [[England]] becoming [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)\|Wallingford]] in 1774.<ref name=odnb/> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1775.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=((text)%3D'barker')\| title= Royal Society Fellows Details\|publisher= The Royal Society\|accessdate = 6 May 2014}}</ref> In 1781 he was created a [[baronet]], of [[Busbridge\|Bushbridge]] in the [[County of Surrey]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=12172 \|date=20 March 1781 \|page=5}}</ref> Barker's ability as an officer won him the friendship and esteem of Clive.{{sfn\|Stephens\|1885\|p=209}}

	==Family==		==Family==

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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Sir Robert Barker, 1st Baronet''', FRS (1732 – 14 September 1789) was a [[British Army]] officer who served in the [[Seven Years' War]] and politician who sat in the [[House of Commons]] from 1774 to 1780. He served as [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] between 1770 and 1773.

==Military career==
Barker was the eldest son of Robert Barker M.D., of [[Hammersmith]], and his wife Hannah Whitehead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/barker-sir-robert-1732-89|title=Barker, Sir Robert (?1732–89), of Busbridge, Surr., History of Parliament Online|accessdate=8 August 2022}}</ref> He went to [[India]] in 1749 and in 1757, during the [[Seven Years' War]], commanded the artillery at the Capture of [[Chandannagar]] and at the [[Battle of Plassey]].<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1410?docPos=3 Sir Robert Barker at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> In 1762 he went on an expedition to [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name=odnb/> He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] on 16 January 1764.<ref name=odnb/><ref>Stephens 1885, p. 208.</ref>

Two years later he returned to [[India]] to protect the [[Nawab of Awadh|Nawab wazir of Oudh]] [[Shuja-ud-Daula]].<ref name=odnb/> In 1769 he became [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]<ref name=smith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR20&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=24#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX]</ref> he became likewise provincial commander-in-chief in Bengal to the great disgust of Sir [[Fletcher baronets|Richard Fletcher]].{{sfn|Stephens|1885|p=209}}

However he exceeded his authority by committing the [[East India Company]] to guaranteeing a treaty and by confronting a possible [[Maratha Empire]] invasion.<ref name=odnb/> He resigned in 1773: Colonel [[Alexander Champion (East India Company officer)|Champion]], who succeeded him, had to conduct the first Rohilla war.{{sfn|Stephens|1885|p=209}}

Barker returned to [[England]] becoming [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallingford]] in 1774.<ref name=odnb/> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1775.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=((text)%3D'barker')| title= Royal Society Fellows Details|publisher= The Royal Society|accessdate = 6 May 2022}}</ref> In 1781 he was created a [[baronet]], of [[Busbridge|Bushbridge]] in the [[County of Surrey]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=12172 |date=20 March 1781 |page=5}}</ref> Barker's ability as an officer won him the friendship and esteem of Clive.{{sfn|Stephens|1885|p=209}}

==Family==
In 1780 he married Anne Hallows: they had no children. They lived at [[Busbridge|Bushbridge]] near [[Godalming]] in [[Surrey]].<ref name=odnb/>

==Works==
Besides the ''Thermometrical Observations'' published by the [[Royal Society]], Barker also contributed ''Observations on a Voyage from Madras to England, 1774'', and ''The Process of Making Ice in the East Indies'' to volume lxv., and an ''Account of an Observatory of the Brahmins at Benares'' to volume lxvii. of the ''[[Philosophical Transactions]]''. {{sfn|Stephens|1885|p=209}}

==References==
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'''Attribution'''
*{{DNB|first=Henry Morse |last=Stephens |wstitle=Barker, Robert (1729?-1789) |volume=3 |pages=208–209}}; Endnotes:
**There is a very short, incomplete notice of Sir Robert Barker in Major Stubbs's History of the Royal Bengal Artillery, 2 volulemes, 1877
**consult also Malcolm's Life of Clive, Gleig's Life of Warren Hastings, and Mill's History of India
**for his services at Manilla see Draper's despatch in the Gentlemen's Magazine for 1763, and for Kettle's paintings at his seat the Gentlemen's Magazine for 1786.

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