![]() Edward at 14 months a great bluff fellow, very fat and large but not pretty. John, (Grandmamma’s pet) is a noble boy – but not so pretty, George a merry little fellow – 3 yrs and ½ old and looks 7, quite a boy, does not strike one at all as a child – indeed they all look two years older than they are without exaggeration. Charles the handsomest – he is fair with blue eyes, brown hair and a soft voice, pretty manners, good figure and a most winning smile. In a 1831 diary entry Martha Shaw describes her nephews: ' I was most happy the day John and his family spent here. Louisa Elizabeth Barkley (1842-1926) - further information here Robert Arthur Barkley (1839-1910) - further information hereġ0. Henry Charles Barkley (1837-1903) - further information hereĩ. Frances Jane Barkley (1835-1914) - further information hereĨ. Frances Jane Barkley (1833-1834) - died in infancyħ. Martha Barkley (1831-1924) - further information hereĦ. Edward Barkley (1829-1909) - further information hereĥ. George Andrew Barkley (1826-1913) - further information hereĤ. John Trevor Barkley (1825-1882) - further information hereģ. Charles William Barkley (1824-1885) - further information hereĢ. John Charles and Mary produced ten children and all but one survived childhood.ġ. His parents come across as benign figures giving him plenty of opportunities to explore the surrounding countryside and indulge a passion for hunting with dogs. Henry Barkley, son of John Charles and Mary, provides glimpses of family life in his book, My Boyhood. He seems to have led a quiet life as a country parson, serving as Vicar at Little Melton for 44 years until his death in 1883. John Charles was certainly not as adventurous as his father and mother. In 1839 he became Vicar at All Saints, Little Melton, Norfolk. That year he was admitted to Emanuel College, Cambridge and he was ordained in 1835. In her diary his sister, Martha, describes him as ' a truly good and dear fellow '. By this time he was fully reconciled with his family. In 1831 when he was over 30 years old and the father of five children, John Charles decided to join the church. John Charles and Mary spent the early years of their married life in Leigh, Dorset. ![]() In 1816 John Charles was the recipient of an army commission in the 53rd foot regiment purchased for him by his uncle, John Barkley.
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