George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (16 July 1761 – 4 March 1829), was a British minister and aristocrat.

Early life

Barrington was born on 16 July 1761. He was the third son of Maj. Gen. Hon. John Barrington, who died in Paris on 2 April 1764, and the former Elizabeth Vassal (a daughter of Florentius Vassall, a wealthy planter and slave-owner, and Mary Foster, a daughter of Col. John Foster of

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). Among his siblings were older brothers William Barrington, 3rd Viscount Barrington, who died without issue, and Richard Barrington, 4th Viscount Barrington, who also died without issue. His paternal grandparents were

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, and Anne Daines (a daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Daines MP,

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). His uncle

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served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and became the 2nd Viscount Barrington. Other uncles were

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, a lawyer, antiquarian and naturalist;

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Samuel Barrington Admiral Samuel Barrington (1729 – 16 August 1800) was a Royal Navy officer. Barrington was the fourth son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He enlisted in the navy at t ...

of the

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; and

Shute Barrington Shute Barrington (26 May 173425 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England. Early life Barrington was born at Beckett Hall in Shrivenham in Berkshire (no ...

who became

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and

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Career

Barrington was educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was admitted a

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in 1774. He graduated in 1782 with a Bachelor of Arts, and again from Christ Church, in 1785 with a Master of Arts in Holy orders. He served as Rector of

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in County Durham, England. From 1796 until his death in March 1829, he served as

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of Durham Cathedral. Upon the death of his brother, he succeeded to the title of 5th

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, County Down, and 5th Baron Barrington of

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, County Limerick.

Personal life

On 12 February 1788, Barrington was married to Elizabeth Adair, a daughter of Robert Adair and Lady Caroline Keppel (the second daughter of

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), a descendant of

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. Together, they were the parents of ten sons and five daughters, including: *

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, who married Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell,

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to Dowager

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, the fourth daughter of

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, in 1823. * Capt. Hon. George Barrington RN (1794–1835), who married Lady Caroline Grey, second daughter of

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. * Hon. Samuel Barrington (1796–1815), who was killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras. * Hon. Augustus Barrington (1798–1860), who died unmarried. * Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Barrington (1799-1890), who married her brother's brother-in-law, Hon. Thomas Liddell (1800–1856), the second son of

, and Maria Simpson (daughter and co-heiress of John Simpson and Lady Anne Lyon, second daughter of

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), in 1843. * Hon. Russell Barrington (1801–1835), who married Marion Lyon, the only daughter of John Lyon of Hetton House, in 1832. * Hon. Charlotte Belasyse Barrington (d. 1873), who married the Rev. Henry Burton, Rector of

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, in 1845. * Rev. Hon. Lowther John Barrington (1805–1897), who married Lady Catherine Georgiana Pelham, the second daughter of

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, and Lady Mary Osborne (eldest daughter

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), in 1837. * Hon. Henry Frederick Francis Adair Barrington (1808–1882), a

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who married Mary Georgiana Knox, daughter of Col. Wright Knox, in 1848. * Hon. Frances Barrington (1802–1849), who married, as his second wife,

William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth FRS, SA (29 November 1784 – 22 November 1853), styled The Honourable William Legge until 1801 and Viscount Lewisham between 1801 and 1810, was a British peer. Background Dartmouth was the son of George Le ...

, in 1828. * Hon. Georgiana Christina Barrington (1810-1881), who married, as his second wife, James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther of

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, in 1847. From his first marriage, James was the father of Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther and grandfather of Sir Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, Bt * Hon. Elizabeth Frances Barrington (1811-1886), who married the Rev. Rev Thomas Mills, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to

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and Rector of Stutton, in 1836. * Arthur Barrington (1814-1826)England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Lord Barrington died on 4 March 1829 in Rome. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son,

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