Person DS/UK/3073 Barrow; Sir; John (1764-1848); Admiralty Secretary and promoter of Arctic exploration and author Barrow John Sir Male Admiralty Secretary and promoter of Arctic exploration and author 1764-1848 Born at Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Lancashire, 19 June 1764; died in London, 23 Nov 1848

Second Secretary of the Admiralty from 1804 to 1845; he was knighted for services to science and literature in 1835 Son: George Barrow Mutiny on the Bounty, 1831; wrote regularly for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Quarterly Review; one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830, serving as its president 1835-1857 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online Yes staff 21/12/2018 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 09/09/2021 bdb0819c-2a1f-4828-81db-0044db510e4c