Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (ca. 1671 – 29 January 1715) was an

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politician.

Background and education

He was the second son of Thomas Barrington and his wife Lady Anne Rich, daughter of

Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (28 June 1611 – 29 May 1659 in London), supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War (his father the 2nd Earl supported the Parliament of England). Biography Robert Rich was the eldest son of Robert Ri ...

. His father was the first son of

Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet (1605 – 24 March 1683) of Barrington Hall, Essex was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1679. Life Barrington was the eldest son of Sir Thoma ...

but had died before Sir John. Barrington was educated at

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. He succeeded his older brother John, who had died from

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aged only 21, as baronet in 1691.

Career

Barrington entered the

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in 1694, sitting for

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until 1705. He represented the constituency again in the

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from 1713 until his death two years later. In 1702, Barrington was appointed

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, a post he held until 1705 and later again from 1712 for another two years. He was a freeman of

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and served as the town's alderman and

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Family and death

On 20 April 1693, he married firstly Bridget Monson, daughter of

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, at

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. She died in 1699 and Barrington remarried Hon. Anna Marie FitzWilliam, daughter of

William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl FitzWilliam William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam MP (29 April 1643 – 28 December 1719) was an English nobleman, Whig politician, and peer. Fitzwilliam was the son of William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam and Jane Perry. On 21 February 1658, ...

on 23 May 1700. He died childless and was succeeded in the

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by his cousin John Shales, who changed his surname to Barrington as a condition of the inheritance. Barrington was buried at

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References

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