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{{Short description|British Army general (1852–1934)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| name = Sir Edmund Barrow
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB|KCMG}}
| image = General Sir Edmund George Barrow in 1916.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Barrow in 1916
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|01|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|01|03|1852|01|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Milestown, [[Castlebellingham]], [[County Louth]], Ireland
| placeofburial =
| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1871–1919
| rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| unit =
| commands = [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army, India]] [[1st (Peshawar) Division]] Hong Kong Regiment
| battles = [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] [[Anglo-Egyptian War]] [[Boxer Rebellion]] [[First World War]]
| awards = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
| relations =
| laterwork =
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Edmund George Barrow''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GCB|KCMG}} (28 January 1852 – 3 January 1934) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer who served as [[Military Secretary to the India Office]] from 1914 to 1917.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: General Sir Edmund Barrow – The Mesopotamian Campaign |work=[[The Times]] |date=5 January 1934 |page=7 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Barrow was born in [[British India]] to Major General Joseph Lyons Barrow of the Madras Army, and his wife, Alicia. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="times"/>

==Military career==
Barrow was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)|102nd Regiment of Foot]] in 1871, at age 19.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23812|page=5877|date=29 December 1871}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Barrow, Lieut.-General Sir Edmund George Barrow|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=102|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA102}}</ref> Having joined the Indian Army in 1877, he served in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1878 and the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]] of 1882.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW3.shtml Sir Edmund George Barrow] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives</ref> He was a member of the Lockhart Boundary Commission to [[Chitral]], [[Kafirstan]], [[Hunza Valley|Hunza]] and [[Wakhan]] in 1885 and the Anglo-[[Siam]]ese Boundary Commission in 1889.<ref name=lh/> He was made [[Commanding Officer]] of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892,<ref name=lh/> and took part in the [[Tirah Expedition]] to the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North West Frontier]] of India in 1897. He was appointed [[adjutant-general|deputy adjutant-general]], [[Bengal Army|Bengal Command]], on 1 April 1900,<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1901</ref> but only three months later, in July 1900 was transferred as [[Chief of Staff]] for the China Expeditionary Force in response to the [[Boxer Rebellion]],<ref name=lh/> after which he was knighted as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27337 |date=24 July 1901 |page=4915 |supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed Secretary to the Military Department of the [[Government of India]] in November 1901, with the temporary rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major general]] whilst so employed,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27403 |date=4 February 1902 |page=718 }}</ref> and [[General Officer Commanding]] [[1st (Peshawar) Division]] in India in 1904.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed General Officer Commanding the [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] in India in 1908.<ref name=lh/>

Barrow served in the [[First World War]] as [[Military Secretary to the India Office]] from 1914.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed a member of the [[Council of India]] in 1917 and retired in 1919.<ref name=lh/>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Southern Command (India)|GOC-in-C, Southern Army, India]]|years=1908–1912}}
{{s-aft|after=[[John Nixon (Indian Army officer)|Sir John Nixon]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Beauchamp Duff|Sir Beauchamp Duff]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Military Secretary to the India Office]]|years=1914–1917}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Vaughan Cox|Sir Herbert Cox]]}}
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