David Barbour
David Miller Barbour | |
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 Portrait of Barbour in 1917 by Walter Stoneman | |
| Born | 28 December 1841 |
| Died | 12 November 1928 (aged 86) |
Sir David Miller Barbour KCSI KCMG (28 December 1841 – 12 November 1928) was a British writer and civil servant in British India.[1]
Life
[edit]Barbour was born on 29 December 1841, at Calkill House near Omagh. His parents were Miller Barbour and his wife, Margaret Denny. He was educated at Omagh Academy and Queens College Belfast, graduating in 1862. On graduating he took the ICS examination, placing sixth overall and first in mathematics.[1]
He left for India in 1863, arriving in December, where he served at all times in the Finance branch ending as a Financial Member of the Indian Viceroy's Council under Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. In 1880, he published a pamphlet under the initial D. B., Our Afghan Policy and the Occupation of Candahar, that called for the withdrawal of the British occupation of Afghanistan. He was awarded an honorary LLD by the Royal University of Ireland in 1882. He became noted for his commentary of the silver markets and the potential depressive effect on the Indian economy.[1]
He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) for his services in India, and subsequently Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on 17 July 1899 for his various financial services to the British Government.[2] From 1903 to 1905 he was chairman of the Royal Commission on London Traffic.[1]
Publications
[edit]- The Theory of Bimetallism (1885)
- The Standard of Value (1912)
- The Influence of the Gold Supply on Profits and Prices (1913)[1]
Family and death
[edit]Barbour married Katherine Constance, daughter of Thomas Gribble, in 1883. They had 3 sons, including Nevill Barbour, and one daughter. Barbour died at his home, Tiltwood, Crawley Down, Sussex, on 12 February 1928.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tomlinson, B. R. (2004). "Barbour, Sir David Miller". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30579. Retrieved 6 September 2022. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "No. 27100". The London Gazette. 18 July 1899. p. 4444.
- . The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915) – via Wikisource.
Further reading
[edit]- S. Ambirajan, Political economy and monetary management: India, 1766–1914 (1984)
- B. R. Tomlinson, The political economy of the raj, 1914–1947 (1979) · DNB · CGPLA Eng. & Wales (1928)
External links
[edit]- Works by or about David Barbour at the Internet Archive
- Portraits of David Barbour at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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