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. The Complete Baronetage Volume I, page 29
  2. 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. 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.
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