Viscount Barrington
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Ardglass
Ardglass is a coastal village in County Down, Northern Ireland and still a relatively important fishing harbour. It is situated on the B1 Ardglass to Downpatrick road, about 11 kilometres to the south east of Downpatrick, in the Lecale peninsula on the Irish Sea. It had a population of 1,668...
in the County of Down
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, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created in 1720 for the lawyer, theologian and politician John Barrington. He was made Baron Barrington, of Newcastle in the County of Limerick, also in the Peerage of Ireland, at the same time. Born John Shute, had had assumed by Act of Parliament the surname of Barrington in lieu of his patronymic in 1716, having previously succeeded to the estates of Frances Barrington, married to his cousin. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was a politician and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer
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between 1761 and 1762. He had no surviving children and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Viscount. He was the eldest son of the Hon. John Barrington, younger son of the first Viscount. Both the third Viscount and his younger brother, the fourth Viscount, died childless. The latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Viscount. He was a clergyman.
On his death in 1829 the titles passed to his eldest son, the sixth Viscount. He was a Member of Parliament
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and also served as Chairman of the Great Western Railway
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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the seventh Viscount. He was a Conservative
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politician and held office as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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between 1885 and 1886 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1886. In 1880 he was created Baron Shute, of Beckett in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords
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. The title was created with special remainder to his younger brother the Hon. Percy Barrington. Lord Barrington had two daughters but no sons and was succeeded (in the barony of Shute according to the special remainder) by his brother Percy, the eighth Viscount. The titles descended in the direct line until the death of his grandson, the tenth Viscount, in 1960. The late Viscount was succeeded by his nephew, the eleventh Viscount. He was the son of the Hon. Walter Barrington, second son of the ninth Viscount. He was a writer of humorous verse. Lord Barrington was unmarried and on his death in 1990 all the titles became extinct.
Four of the younger sons of the first Viscount all gained distinction. The aforementioned the Hon. John Barrington (c. 1722-1764) was a Major-General in the Army. The Hon. Daines Barrington
Daines Barrington
Daines Barrington, FRS was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist.Barrington was the fourth son of the first Viscount Barrington. He was educated for the profession of the law, and after filling various posts, was appointed a Welsh judge in 1757 and afterwards second justice of Chester...
was a lawyer, antiquary and naturalist. The Hon. Samuel Barrington
Samuel Barrington
Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN was a British admiral.Samuel was the fourth son of John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire...
was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy
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. The Right Reverend the Hon. Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.-Life:...
was Bishop of Salisbury
Bishop of Salisbury
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and Bishop of Durham.
Viscounts Barrington (1720)
- John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (1678–1734)
- William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount BarringtonWilliam Barrington, 2nd Viscount BarringtonWilliam Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington PC was a British politician best known for his two periods as Secretary at War during Britain's involvement in the Seven Years War and American War of Independence....
(1717–1793) - William Wildman Barrington, 3rd Viscount Barrington (d. 1801)
- Richard James Barrington, 4th Viscount Barrington (d. 1814)
- George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (1761–1829)
- William Keppel Barrington, 6th Viscount BarringtonWilliam Barrington, 6th Viscount BarringtonWilliam Keppel Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington , styled The Honourable from 1814 until 1829, was a British businessman and politician.-Background and education:...
(1793–1867) - George William Barrington, 7th Viscount BarringtonGeorge Barrington, 7th Viscount BarringtonGeorge William Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington PC was a British Conservative politician. He held office under Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1885 and 1886 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1886.-Background and education:Barrington was...
(1824–1886) - Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington (1825–1901)
- Walter Bulkeley Barrington, 9th Viscount Barrington (1848–1933)
- William Reginald Shute Barrington, 10th Viscount Barrington (1873–1960)
- Patrick William Daines Barrington, 11th Viscount BarringtonPatrick Barrington, 11th Viscount BarringtonPatrick William Daines Barrington, 11th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass was an Irish peer and a writer of humorous verse....
(1908–1990)