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Viscount Barrington

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Viscountcy Barrington
Creation date1720
Created byGeorge I
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderJohn Barrington
Last holderPatrick Barrington
StatusExtinct
Extinction date6 April 1990
MottoUng durant ma vie (The same while I live)[citation needed]
William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington.
Portrait of Richard Barrington, 4th Viscount Barrington, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1793–1794

Viscount Barrington, of Ardglass in the County of Down, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. 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, he had assumed by Act of Parliament the surname of Barrington in lieu of his patrilineal surname in 1716, having previously succeeded to the estates of Frances Barrington, married to his cousin.

Four of the younger sons of the first Viscount gained distinction. The Hon. John Barrington (c. 1722 – 1764) was a Major-General in the British Army. The Hon. Daines Barrington was a lawyer, antiquarian and naturalist. The Hon. Samuel Barrington was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. The Right Reverend the Hon. Shute Barrington was Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.

He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was a politician and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. Their younger brother, the fifth viscount, had fifteen children.

On his death in 1829 the titles passed to his eldest son, the sixth Viscount. A Member of Parliament he was also Chairman of the Great Western Railway. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the seventh Viscount. He was a Conservative politician and held office 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. In 1880, he was created Baron Shute, of Beckett in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. The title was created with special remainder to his younger brother the Honorable 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, who was a writer of humorous verse. Lord Barrington was unmarried, and on his death in 1990, all the titles became extinct.

Viscount Barrington (1720)

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Male-line family tree

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Male-line family tree, Viscounts Barrington.
John Barrington
1st Viscount Barrington

1678–1734
William Barrington
2nd Viscount Barrington

1717–1793
Maj.Gen. Hon.
John Barrington
c. 1722 – 1764
Hon.
Daines Barrington
1727–1800
Adm. Hon.
Samuel Barrington
1729–1800
Rt Rev. Hon.
Shute Barrington
1734–1826
William Barrington
3rd Viscount Barrington

died 1801
Richard Barrington
4th Viscount Barrington

died 1813
George Barrington
5th Viscount Barrington

1761–1829
William Barrington
6th Viscount Barrington

1793–1867
Capt. Hon.
George Barrington
1794–1835
Hon.
Samuel Barrington
1796–1815
Hon.
Augustus Barrington
1798–1860
Hon.
Russell Barrington
1801–1835
Rev. Hon.
Lowther Barrington
1805–1897
Hon.
Henry Barrington
1808–1882
Baron Shute (UK)
George Barrington
7th Viscount Barrington

1st Baron Shute
1824–1886
Percy Barrington
8th Viscount Barrington

2nd Baron Shute
1825–1901
Hon. Sir
William Barrington
1842–1922
Hon. Sir
Eric Barrington
1847–1918
Charles Barrington
1827–1911
Russell Barrington
1840–1916
Rev.
Ythil Barrington
1843–1904
John Barrington
1849–1901
Henry Barrington
1852–1919
Samuel Barrington
1855–1931
Walter Barrington
9th Viscount Barrington

3rd Baron Shute
1848–1933
Guy Barrington
1869–1960
Malcolm Barrington
1879–?
William Barrington
10th Viscount Barrington

4th Baron Shute
1873–1960
Hon.
Walter Barrington
1876–1959
Lt Col. Hon.
Rupert Barrington
1877–?
Lt. Hon.
Percy Barrington
1884–1911
Patrick Barrington
11th Viscount Barrington

5th Baron Shute
1908–1990
Capt.
Eric Barrington
1904–?
Fg Off.
Miguel Barrington
1909–1937
Titles extinct

Notes

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  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 91.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]

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