Sir John Barrow | |
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![]() Barrow around 1810 | |
Second Secretary to the Admiralty | |
In office 22 May 1804 – 28 April 1845 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Tucker |
Succeeded by | William Baillie-Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Lancashire, England | 19 June 1764
Died | 23 November 1848 London, Middlesex, England | (aged 84)
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Children | |
Occupation | Geographer, 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 best known for serving as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845.