James Barry (surgeon)James Miranda Stuart Barry (c. 1789-1799 – 25 July 1865, born Margaret Ann Bulkley), was a military surgeon in the British Army. [3] The child's mother was the sister of James Barry, a celebrated Irish artist and professor of painting at London's Royal Academy. [1] Historian Isobel Rae gained access to the army records in the 1950s, and concluded that Barry was the niece of James Barry the painter. A 2004 play, Whistling Psyche by Sebastian Barry, imagines a meeting between James Barry and Florence Nightingale. [13]A song by contemporary folk duo Gilmore & Roberts, Doctor James,[14] retells selected events from the life story of Doctor James Barry.