BARNWELL, EDWARD LOWRY (1813-1887), antiquary and schoolmaster;
b. at Bath, graduated (1st class in Mathematics) at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1834, took orders, and became headmaster of Ruthin school in 1839. He was a prominent member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association from its foundation, was its secretary, 1854-75, and from time to time edited Arch. Camb., to which he contributed a long series of papers (list in Arch. Camb., Oct. 1887, also in Williams, Llyfryddiaeth Sir Ddinbych, part 3). After retiring from Ruthin in 1865, he lived at Melksham House, Wilts., where he d. [9 Aug.] 1887; he was m., and had a son and a daughter.
Bibliography:
- Arch. Camb., Jan. 1884;
- [Yr Haul, 1887, 285].
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
