Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet

He was the son of Edward Barry and his wife Jane, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2] In 1717, Barry graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently, he studied at the University of Leyden in the Netherlands and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1721.[2] He received the same degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1740 and the University of Oxford in 1761.[2]

Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732.[3] Additionally he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1740 and its president in 1749.[4] Barry became Physician-General to the Army in Ireland in 1745.[4] He taught as Regius Professor of Physic Dublin University between 1754 and 1761.[4] A year later, Barry became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and then a censor in 1763.[2] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1744, representing Charleville until 1760.[1] On 1 August 1775, he was created a baronet, of the City of Dublin, in the Baronetage of Ireland.[5]

On 18 December 1746, Barry married secondly Jane Dopping, daughter of Anthony Dopping, sometime the Bishop of Ossory.[4] He had four sons by his first wife[2] and also three sons and two daughters by his second wife.[4] Barry died at Bath, Somerset and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Nathaniel.[4] His third son Robert was also a Member of Parliament for Charleville.[1]