A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barker, George (b)
BARKER. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16; h-p., 26.)
George Barker was born 9 Sept. 1789. He had a brother who died a Midshipman in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Tigre 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and while under that officer, in 1807, witnessed the surrender of Alexandria, and was much employed on the Nile and the lakes of Lower Egypt. Rejoining Capt. Codrington, in Aug. 1809, on board the Blake 74, he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and served on shore with the army during the operations against Flushing; subsequently to which we find him actively employed on the coast of Spain, where he assisted at the defence of Tarragona, and for his conduct in a breaching battery was awarded the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was ultimately, after serving for some months, in South America, on board the Isis 50, confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 23 July, 1814, in the Port Mahon 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne. From 10 June, 1815, until paid off, 9 Sept. 1818, Mr. Barker was next employed in the Cherub and Wasp sloops, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Wm. Wolrige, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. His next appointment was, on 4 Sept. 1822, to the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Keats, off the coast of Scotland. He has not since 1826 been afloat.