[1] He was educated at Westminster School in 1768 and then admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1772, matriculating that year and becoming a scholar in 1773.
[2] Dunwich was a Parliamentary constituency in Suffolk, which had largely fallen into the sea and had a dwindling population by the late eighteenth century; it was home to roughly 40 voters.
[3] Thus, the two seats belonging to the Borough were essentially controlled by local land-lords; by 1764, it was in the hands of the Barne and Vanneck families, who were co-proprietors of the parish.
[5] As a Member, Barne tended to vote with the administration, hoping to secure himself a commission of some kind; he is not known to have spoken in debate.
[6] He appears to have developed a reputation for aggressively working in his family's favour in Dunwich, in his attempt to further their interest there.