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BARRATT, JOHN; b.; adm. (presumably an OW since his Cambridge Fellowship was confined to those educated at Westminster); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1614; BA 1618/9; MA 1622; adm. Fellow of St. John’s Coll. on Bishop Williams’s foundation 6 Apr 1625.

BARRELL, SAVAGE, only son of Lieut. -Gen. William Barrell, Lambeth, Surrey, Governor of Pendennis Castle and Col. King’s Own Regiment of Foot (4th Foot); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1723/4; Min. Can. 1726; an original member of the Society of the Bill of Rights; played a conspicuous part in the “Wilkes and Liberty” agitation; erected the monument to his father in the East Cloister; m. (by 1744) Hannah --- (who m. 2nd, Humphrey Cotes, the friend of John Wilkes MP); d. 28 Jul 1772.

BARRETT, JOHN HICKMAN, brother of Samuel Browne Tuffnell Barrett (qv); b.; adm. 16 Jan 1770; left Dec 1770; “receiver of fee farm rents” (will); m. 17 Dec 1792 Ann, dau. of Eaton Wilkes, Westminster, and niece of John Wilkes MP; d. 21 Jun 1798 (will proved PCC 7 Sep 1798).

BARRETT, SAMUEL BROWNE TUFFNELL, eldest son of William Barrett, Oaken, Staffs., and his first wife Rebecca, widow of James Neeld, St. Margaret, Westminster, and sister of Charles Tufnell (qv); b. 22 Jun 1761; adm. 16 Jan 1770; left Dec 1770; Ensign, 64th Foot 29 Nov 1779; Lieut., 4 Apr 1782; Capt., 37th Foot 22 Mar 1783; half-pay 1783; retd. Dec 1825; m. 1st, 1794 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Gordon MP; m. 2nd, 1798 Agnes, dau. of Samuel Sealy, Magh, co. Kerry; d. 20 Aug 1847.

BARRETT-LENNARD, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Stirling George Barrett-Lennard (qv); b. 25 Nov 1816; adm. 25 Sep 1823; “an architect” (Alum. Westmon., 1852, 509); “retired shipowner”, living at Bootle, Lancs. (1881 Census); m. 1st, 1840 Jessie, second dau. of James Mellis Drummond Nairne, Dunsinane Castle, Perthshire; m. 2nd, 5 Aug 1858 Sarah, dau. of William Bradbury, Everton, Lancs.; d. 1896. [Might he have been a naval architect ?]

BARRETT-LENNARD, HENRY, brother of Thomas Stirling George Barrett-Lennard (qv); b. 28 May 1818; adm. 10 Oct 1825; KS 1833; left 1837; a bill broker in London; m. 30 Aug 1845 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of George Barrett-Lennard, Inner Temple, barrister; d. 31 Aug 1899.

Barrett-Lennard, John Archdale, son of John Barrett-Lennard CBE, of Kew, Surrey; b. 6 Sept. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (G); left July 1935; RAAF (Sergt), killed in action; d. Aug. 1941.

John Archdale Barrett-Lennard was born at Pinner, Middlesex on the 6th of September 1917 the only son of John Barrett-Lennard CBE, an army officer and a director of Imperial Airways, and Winifred Mary Lennard of 16, Brunswick Gardens, Kensington in London, later of 88, Styvechale Avenue, Coventry in Warwickshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1931 to July 1935 and was a member of the Fencing team in 1935.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force volunteer Reserve where he trained as an observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was serving with 21 Squadron when he was involved in an accident while taxiing towards the flare path. He later transferred to 9 Squadron.
On the 26th of February 1941 he and his crew were flying just to the south of Cologne in Wellington Mk 1C WS-Z R1341 when the aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire. On its return to England the aircraft was diverted to RAF East Wrethem where it landed safely with no injuries amongst the crew.
On the night of the 12th/13th of August 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 65 Wellingtons and 13 Hampdens for an operation on Hannover.
John Barrett-Lennard and his crew took off from RAF Honington at 9.20pm on the 12th of August 1941 in Wellington Mk IC R1341 WS-Z for the operation. The aircraft was carrying a bomb load of three 500lb general purpose bombs, three hundred and fifty 4lb incendiaries and two flash bombs. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff. It was attacked and shot down by Messerschmitt Bf110 D-3 G9+FP flown by Feldwebel Ernst Kalinowski and Unteroffizier Zwickl of 6./NJG 1. The aircraft crashed between Grafel and Anderlingen near Rotenburg to the east of Bremen at 1.56am with the loss of the entire crew. Theirs was one of an eventual four victories for Ernst Kalinowski before he was killed on active service on the 21st of March 1944.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Hugh Forster Barron (Wireless Operator/Front Gunner)
Sergeant George Barry “Don” Smith RCAF 2nd Pilot
Sergeant Ronald Ramsey Passmore RNZAF (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Lewin (Pilot)
Sergeant John Archdale Barrett-Lennard (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Charles William Albert Wells (Wireless Operator)
Thiers was one of four aircraft which were lost during the operation.
The crew was buried at Rotenburg Cemetery but their bodies were exhumed on the 6th of July 1946 and moved to their present location.
He is buried at Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 12, Row B, Grave 13.

BARRETT-LENNARD, THOMAS STIRLING GEORGE, eldest son of John Barrett-Lennard, Chief Clerk, Privy Council Office, and Dorothy Anne, sister of Sir Walter George Stirling, Bart. (qv); b. 18 Sep 1815; adm. 25 Sep 1823; Min. Can. 1830; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1833; BA 1837; a bill broker in London; m. 7 Sep 1841 Frederica, dau. of Col. Joseph Brooks; d. 7 Apr 1845.