Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet

Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet (8 December 1752 – 5 August 1818) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1796.

Born at Red Lion Street in London and baptised at St Andrew, Holborn,[1] Barrington was the eldest son of Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 8th Baronet and his wife Jane Hall, daughter of Matthew Hall.[2] He was educated at Eton College from 1761 to 1770 and entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1771.[3][4] In 1792, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2]

Barrington entered Parliament at the 1780 general election, sitting as a member of parliament (MP) for Newtown, the same constituency his uncle John had before represented. He was re-elected in 1784 and 1790. He decided not to stand at the 1796 general election.[4]

Barrington died unmarried aged 66 at his seat Barrington Hall, Essex on 5 August 1818.[5] and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broadoak.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Fitzwilliam.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b The Complete Baronetage Volume I, page 29
  2. ^ a b Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons, 1790-1820. Vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-436-52101-6.
  3. ^ "Barrington, John (BRNN771J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ed. (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. II. Cambridge: Secker & Warburg. pp. 54–55.
  5. ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1818). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. part II. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley. p. 188.
  6. ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 18.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Edward Meux Worsley
Charles Ambler
 Member of Parliament for Newtown
1780 – 1796
With: Edward Meux Worsley 1780–1782
Henry Dundas 1782–1783
Richard Pepper Arden 1783–1784
James Worsley 1784
Mark Gregory 1784–1790
Sir Richard Worsley 1790–1793
George Canning 1793–1796 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Fitzwilliam Barrington
 Baronet
(of Barrington Hall)
1792–1818 		Succeeded by
Fitzwilliam Barrington
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