Michael Barne

Barne was born at Sotterley Park, Suffolk, the son of Frederick Barne and his wife, Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour, daughter of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford.

[citation needed] In 1898 he was commissioned to serve aboard HMS Porcupine.

[5] Despite suffering frostbite[6] Barne made copious notes[7] throughout his three years with the expedition,[8] both about general conditions and his specialist fields( magnetronemy and Soundings).

[9] Barne Inlet,[10] a 17-mile-wide (27 km) feature on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf that he discovered,[11] is named after him.

During the First World War, he was awarded the DSO[3] while commanding Monitor M27,[14] finally retiring in 1919 with the rank of Captain.