Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (ca. 1671 – 29 January 1715)[1] 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. His father was the first son of Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet but had died before Sir John.[2] Barrington was educated at Felsted School.[3] He succeeded his older brother John, who had died from smallpox aged only 21, as baronet in 1691.[4]

Career

Barrington entered the English House of Commons in 1694, sitting for Essex until 1705.[5] He represented the constituency again in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1713 until his death two years later.[5] In 1702, Barrington was appointed Vice-Admiral of Essex, a post he held until 1705 and later again from 1712 for another two years.[6] He was a freeman of Maldon, Essex and served as the town's alderman and bailiff.[3]

Family and death

On 20 April 1693, he married firstly Bridget Monson, daughter of Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet, at St Bride's Church in London.[3] She died in 1699 and Barrington remarried Hon. Anna Marie FitzWilliam, daughter of William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl FitzWilliam on 23 May 1700.[3] He died childless and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin John Shales,[2] who changed his surname to Barrington as a condition of the inheritance.[7] Barrington was buried at Hatfield Broad Oak in Essex.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 43–44.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 143–145.
  4. ↑ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 83.
  5. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Essex". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ Marsden, R. G. (1908). The English Historical Review. Vol. XXIII. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 743.
  7. ↑ Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1735 (9 Geo. 2). c. 24
  8. ↑ "ThePeerage - Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Bt". Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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