Henry Barnes-Lawrence
Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence was an Anglican clergyman, notable as the ornithologist who founded the Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds and with others generated the pressure which lead to the 1869 Sea Birds Preservation Act.Early life
Barnes was born in Surat on 11 February 1815; and educated at Clare College, Cambridge.Church
He entered the Church of England and became curate at St Luke's, Chelsea then St James, Ryde. In 1849 he became Rector of Bridlington.Personal life
In 1841 he married Emily Lloyd, who was the daughter of the then Incumbent of St Dunstan-in-the-West. They had eight childen: Arthur Evelyn, Herbert Cecil, Ashley Lawrence, Lionel Aubrey Walter, Ernest Frederick, Ada Florence, Clement Henry and Emily Constance. It seems likely that Cyril Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence, who became Master of Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth was a grandson, rather than a son, as previously stated.Death
Barnes-Lawrence died at Bridlington on 29 May 1896.
