Dictionary of Indian Biography/Close, Sir Barry, Baronet

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CLOSE, SIR BARRY, BARONET (1766–1813)

Appointed to the Madras Army in 1771 : besieged at Tellicherry in 1780 by Hyder Ali's troops : conducted boundary negotiations with Tippoo's Commissioners : was present at the sieges of Seringapatam in 1792 and 1799, as Deputy, and Assistant Adjutant-General : his services warmly acknowledged by the C. in C, General Harris : appointed Resident of Mysore in 1799, and Resident of Poona in 1801, remaining there for ten years. He, there, as Resident, negotiated the Treaty of Bassein of Dec. 31, 1802, with the Peshwa, Baji Rao : retired to England in 1811 : created a Baronet : died April 20, 1813.