Warren Delabere Barnes (Chinese: 班士; pinyin: bān shì; Jyutping: baan1 si6; 22 September 1865[1] – 28 October 1911) was a British colonial administrator.
[5] He was appointed to the Straits Settlements Civil Service as a Cadet by the Secretary of State in 1888,[6][7] and was sent a year later to study the Teochew dialect in Shantou.
[17][18] On 4 October 1911, he represented the British Government, together with J. W. Jamieson, HBM Consul-General at Canton, at the opening of the Chinese Section from Shenzhen to Guangzhou of the Kowloon–Canton Railway.
[8][19] Barnes died on Saturday 28 October 1911, at age 46, of heart failure while playing polo in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
[16] Several of his papers were published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Additional articles with career chronology Mentions of Barnes as plant collector Elytranthe barnesii Gamble