Served in the Mediterranean under the command of Admiral Boscowen.

19 Sept 1745 Captain of HMS Gibraltar

1746 as Captain of HMS Gibraltar, participated in the convoy of Hessian troops ordered to Scotland

1762 Commanded the "Culloden" under Sir George Pocock, in the expedition against Havannah. (quote from remarks of Edward G. Porter in 1898/1899 publication of Colonial Society of Massachusetts) - third in command at the taking of Havana in 1762.

Wikipedia - The Battle of Havana (1762) was a military action from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. British forces besieged and captured the city of Havana, which at the time was an important Spanish naval base in the Caribbean, and dealt a serious blow to the Spanish navy. Havana was subsequently returned to Spain under the 1763 Treaty of Paris that formally ended the war. '

24 Oct 1770 Rear-Admiral of the White

30 Mar 1775 Rear-Admiral of the Red

Death: 26 Jan 1776 Bath, Somerset, England;

(Source: John, Hardy (Rear-Admiral), A chronological list of the captains of his majesty's
Royal navy_commencing (London, T. Cadell, 1784), p.55. )

FAMILY:

(Handwritten family tree written by his grand-daughter Emily Hills states he married the Widow Charlton. She was born Ann Russell)

Ann Charlton and John Barker had the following children:

• i. Ann Barker was born about Oct 1743 in Portchester, Hamphire. She married

                      Edward Owens. He was born about 1741. 

* ii. Elizabeth Barker was born about Oct 1743 in Portchester, Hamphire. She died on 3

                       Dec 1743.

* iii. Mary Barker was born about 1745 in Portchester, Hamphire. She died on 19 Nov

                       1809 in Clare, Suffolk, England (Clare Priory).'''                   

* iv. Lydia Barker was born on 12 Apr 1748 in Portchester, Hampshire. She died on 29

                       Mar 1813 in Clare, Suffolk, England.''' She married '''William Hills''' on 12 Feb 1767  

                       (Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire), son of Andrew Hills and Mary Taylor.  

                       He was born in Apr 1739 in Buckland, Kent. England. He died on 23 Dec 1777 in  

                       Guernsey, Channel Islands (Perished when in command of HMS Sprightly (12-Gun  

                       Cutter, built by Thomas King, Dover designed by John Williams) bringing home  

                       valuable prizes returning from engagements in the American Revolution arena,  

                       capsized in a heavy gale off the Hanois Reef). 

*v. Frances(Fanny) Barker was born about Feb 1750 in Portchester, Hamphire. She

                       died on 28 Aug 1811. She married '''John Jenkinson''' about 1777, son of Charles  

                       Jenkinson and Amarantha Cornwall. He was born about 1730 in Winchester,  

                       Hampshire, England. He died on 1 May 1805.

*vi. John Barker was born about Jan 1752 in Gosport, Hampshire, England

                       '''He died on 27 Nov 1804 in Clare, Suffolk, England.'''  

                       He married Caroline Conyers on 10 Apr 1799 in London, England (P R St Geo H  

                       Sq), daughter of John Conyers and Henrietta Fermor. She was born in 1768 in  

                       Walthamstow, Essex, England (Copped-Hall, Essex). '''She died on 8 Jan 1848 in  

                       Clare, Suffolk, England (Clare Priory). '''