Sir Joseph Barrington, 1st Baronet (21 February 1764 – 10 January 1846) was an

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merchant and benefactor. Barrington was the son of Matthew Barrington and Jane Canter. He established a business on Charlotte Quay in

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, exporting the produce of the

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. Barrington was a leading figure in initiating land reclamation and the construction of embankments to allow the city to expand along the

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. In 1830 he built Barrington's Quay on the north bank of the Shannon. He established a charitable foundation in Limerick, and in 1831 he funded and opened Barrington's Hospital on George's Quay, which remains a medical facility. On 30 September 1831 he was created a

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, of Limerick in the

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.''Annual Reg''., 1846; Burke, ''Peerage'' (1912), 185; Dom Hubert Janssens de Varebeke, ‘The Barringtons of Limerick’, ''N. Munster Antiq. Jn.'', vii, no. 3 (1956), p.23–8. In 1787 Barrington married Mary Baggott; they had five sons and two daughters. He was the owner of

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. Barrington was succeeded in his title by his son, Matthew.

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