Sir Charles Barrow, 1st Baronet (1707–1789), of Hygrove, Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.

Biography

Barrow was born in 1708 at

Saint Christopher Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is veneration, venerated by several Christianity, Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Empire, Roman emperor Deciu ...

in the West Indies and was the son of merchant Charles Barrow and Elizabeth Harris. He graduated from Oxford University, in 1754 with a Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.). He held the office of Recorder of Tewkesbury and the office of Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester November 1751 and 1789. He was created 1st Baronet Barrow, of Highgrove in the County of Gloucester on 22 January 1784, with a special remainder to Thomas Crawley-Boevey of

Flaxley Abbey Flaxley Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England, now a Grade I listed manor and private residence, near the village of Flaxley in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is the former seat of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets. History F ...

, husband of his first cousin, once removed. He lived at Hygrove (Highgrove), Minsterworth, Gloucestershire. He married Mary Randall, the daughter of Daniel Randall of Gloucester and had an illegitimate daughter named Mary Caroline Barrow. The Barrow baronetcy passed to Thomas Crawley-Boevey, husband of his brother's granddaughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrow, Charles 1707 births 1789 deaths People from Cotswold District Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies