Barker family MSS,

Papers, ca. 1849-1940, relating to the Barker family of Carmarthen and comprise a transcript, 1818 and 1838, by the Reverend John Crawford Barker of a memoir of his father, the Reverend William Higgs Barker, master of Carmarthen Grammar School, 1767-1796, and vicar of St Peter's, Carmarthen, 1796-1816; and a journal of a tour in Switzerland and Italy, 1863, by the Reverend Alleyne Higgs Barker, vicar of Rickmansworth and grandson of the Reverend William Higgs Barker, with comments, maps, sketches, photographs, related press cuttings, etc. added at a later date.

William Higgs Barker, Hebraist and headmaster, was born in London and educated at the newly-founded St Paul's School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1765 and subsequently taking holy orders. In 1767 Barker was elected headmaster of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Carmarthen, where he continued to teach until 1815. He was ordained rector of Bleddfa in Radnorshire from 1793 and vicar of St Peter's, Carmarthen from 1796, holding both positions until his death. He published Grammar of the Hebrew Language ... in 1774 and a Hebrew and English Lexicon in 1812. William Higgs Barker's youngest son, the Reverend John Crawford Barker, served as rector of St George's, Grenada. His grandson, the Reverend Alleyne Higgs Barker, served as vicar of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23188-23189.

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William Higgs Barker, Hebraist and headmaster, was born in London and educated at the newly-founded St Paul's School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1765 and subsequently taking holy orders. In 1767 Barker was elected headmaster of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Carmarthen, where he continued to teach until 1815. He was ordained rector of Bleddfa in Radnorshire from 1793 and vicar of St Peter's, Carmarthen from 1796, holding both positions until his death. He published Grammar of the Hebrew Language ... in 1774 and a Hebrew and English Lexicon in 1812. William Higgs Barker's youngest son, the Reverend John Crawford Barker, served as rector of St George's, Grenada. His grandson, the Reverend Alleyne Higgs Barker, served as vicar of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23188-23189

February 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site;

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