There have been two baronetcies created for people with the surname Barrington. As of 2014 one creation is extant. The Barrington Baronetcy, of Barrington Hall in the County of

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was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611, for Francis Barrington, Member of Parliament for

. His son, the second Baronet, sat in the

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for Newtown,

and

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. The third Baronet was also

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for Newtown. He died in 1683, and was succeeded by his grandson, who died in turn unmarried in 1691. The latter's younger brother, the fifth Baronet, was a

for

. He died childless in 1715 and the

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went to a son of the younger son of the third Baronet. The seventh Baronet sat for Newtown for 48 years. Since his marriage was without children, he was succeeded by his younger brother. The latter's son, the ninth Baronet, was also a

for Newtown. He died childless in 1818, and his younger brother became the next

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. After the death of the tenth Baronet in 1832, the baronetcy became extinct. The Barrington Baronetcy, of the City of

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 September 1831, for Joseph Barrington. His grandson, the third Baronet died childless in 1872, and was succeeded by his younger brother. Since the latter's grandson, the sixth Baronet had only two daughters, the next baronet became his younger brother. The seventh Baronet died unmarried. As of 2014, the title is held by his kinsman, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded in 2003. The family seat was Glenstal Abbey, near

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. They sold Glenstal and left Ireland in the 1920s, a move largely prompted by the killing of Winifred Barrington, the fifth Baronet's daughter, in an

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during the Irish War of Independence.

Barrington baronets, of Barrington Hall (1611)

* Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet (c. 1570–1628) *

Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet, 1585 to 18 September 1644, was an English politician and Puritan activist who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1644. In the early stages of the First English Civil War, he helped es ...

(d. 1644) *

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 ...

(1605–1683) *Sir John Barrington, 4th Baronet (1670–1691) *

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

(c. 1671–1715) *Sir John Barrington, 6th Baronet (c. 1673–1717) * Sir John Barrington, 7th Baronet (died 1776) *

Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 8th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1708–1792) * Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet (1752–1818) * Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet (1755–1832)

Barrington baronets, of Limerick (1831)

Sir Joseph Barrington, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Barrington, 1st Baronet (21 February 1764 – 10 January 1846) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and benefactor. Barrington was the son of Matthew Barrington and Jane Canter. He established a business on Charlotte Quay in Limerick, exporting ...

(1764–1846) *

Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1788–1861) *

Sir William Hartigan Barrington, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1815–1872) * Sir Croker Barrington, 4th Baronet (1817–1890) * Sir Charles Burton Barrington, 5th Baronet (1848–1943) * Sir Charles Bacon Barrington, 6th Baronet (1902–1980) * Sir Alexander Fitzwilliam Croker Barrington, 7th Baronet (1909–2003) * Sir Benjamin Barrington, 8th Baronet (b. 1950) The

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is the present holder's son Patrick Benjamin Barrington (b.1988).

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* {{s-end Barrington Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England