Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL (15 October 1795 – 19 April 1872) was an Irish baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections.

Background

Born at Ballymil in

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, he was the son of Pierce Barron and his wife Anna, only daughter of Henry Winston. His younger brother was the bishop Edward Barron. Barron was educated at

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Career

He entered the

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for Waterford City in 1832, however he lost his seat in the general election of 1841. In October of the same year, he was created a

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, of Bellevue, in the County of Kilkenny. A year later, both representatives for the constituency were unseated and Barron was returned to parliament until 1847. He was re-elected in 1848, sitting for the next four years. Barron was again successful in the general election of 1865 and represented Waterford City until 1868. Although he won the constituency's by-election in the following year, the result was declared void because of bribery in 1870. Barron served as High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1858 and also as a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of the county.

Family

On 1 May 1822, he married Anna Leigh Guy Page-Turner, the only daughter of Sir Gregory Page-Turner (1748–1805), Third Baronet. They had a son, Sir Henry Page-Turner Barron, 2nd Baronet (1824–1900), and a daughter, Emily Frances Barron (c. 1827–1913). His first wife died in 1852, and Barron married secondly Augusta Anna, youngest daughter of Lord Charles Somerset at

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on 1 August 1863. This marriage was childless. Barron died aged 76 in 1872 and was buried at Ferrybank, Waterford. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, who never married. Emily Frances Barron married Frederick Polhill-Turner in 1852.

Works

*''Notes on Education in Germany and Holland'' (1840)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barron, Henry 1795 births 1872 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy lieutenants of Waterford Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 High sheriffs of County Waterford Irish Repeal Association MPs