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== Biography ==Sir George Barnes, knt. of Wool[w]ich, Kent (spelled "Barne" in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'')<ref name="VMHB29.1">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243807 ''The Lovelace Family and Its Connections (Continued).''] (Vol. 29, No. 1, Jan. 1921, pp. 110-124) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
=== Origin ===George was the son of George Barne and an unknown mother.<ref name="VMHB29.1"/> He was born c. 1505. His birth date is a guess, based on his date of death, 1558, using a life-span of ~ 50 years.{{DateGuess}}
=== Family ===George married to Alice Brooke, daughter of _____ Brooke of Shropshire and sister of Roger Brooke.<ref name="VMHB29.1"/>
Children:<ref name="VMHB29.1"/># [[Barnes-5717|George Barne/Barnes]], Lord of London, born c. 1525; died 2 Jan 1592/3; married Anne Garrard, daughter of William Garrard, Lord Mayor of London, 1555.<ref name="Suckling">Suckling, Alfred I. ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: With Genealogical and Architectural Notices of Its Several Towns and Villages''. London: J. Weale, 1846, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EPI9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false 95]. Print.</ref># John Barnes of Willesden, Co. Middlesex, died 1615; married Jane Langton, daughter of Richard Langton, of London.<ref name="Suckling"/>#Alice Barne married first, Alexander Caryll; married second, Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary to Queen Elizabeth.<ref name="Suckling"/># Elizabeth Barnes married Sir John Rivers, Knight, Lord Mayor of London, 1574.<ref name="Suckling"/>
George Barnes Sr. was the first merchant adventurer to Barbary, Russia, and Genoa. <ref> Paul Slack, ‘Barne, Sir George (c.1500–1558)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 9 Oct 2017 </ref>
=== Death and Legacy ===George's will was dated 15 February 1557/8 and was proved on 21 March 1557/8.<ref name="VMHB29.1"/>
George's wife Alice died June 2, 1559.<ref name="VMHB29.1"/>
== Sources ==
<references />* History of Parliament online entry for his son, George [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/barne-sir-george-1593]
* Royal Ancestry Bible 2005 Michel L Call Pedigree Chart 94* Paul Slack, ‘Barne, Sir George (c.1500–1558)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37157, accessed 9 Oct 2017]* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wr4KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=1568+visitation+griffith+weaver&source=bl&ots=Cqk1s_3gNA&sig=LWM3FxJBhk0RtBbSxC9Kn_oQNOo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LgirVOqkIYKhoQSk_YG4Cw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=sandes&f=false Visitation of London Page 25: Barne]
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