Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, CBE, MC (16 April 1884 – 2 May 1963) was a British peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
During World War One, Captain Barnes served in the Rifle Brigade & received the Military Cross. Barnes succeeded as third Baron Gorell on 16 January 1917 after his unmarried elder brother was killed in battle.
After the war, Lord Gorell spent two years working at the War Office as Deputy Director of Staff Duties (Education), & then served a year as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1921 to 1922.



