Background
BARNES, Ernest John Ward was born on June 22, 1917 in London. Son of Right Reverend E. W. Barnes (3rd Bishop of Birmingham) and Adelaide Ward.
BARNES, Ernest John Ward was born on June 22, 1917 in London. Son of Right Reverend E. W. Barnes (3rd Bishop of Birmingham) and Adelaide Ward.
Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Served in Royal Artillery 1939-1946. Joined diplomatic service 1946. Postings to Washington, Beirut and Bonn.
Ambassador to Israel 1969-1972, to the Netherlands 1972-1977.
Director Alliance Investment Limited. 1977-1987; Director Whiteaway, Laidlaw Limited.
1979-1988. Chairman Sussex Rural Community Council 1982-1987, Governors Hurstpierpoint College 1982-1987.
Chairman 1982-1984).
Of Council, University of Sussex 1981-1985.
Married Cynthia M. R. Stewart in 1948.
