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BARRINGTON, GEORGE, 5TH VISCOUNT BARRINGTON (I), third son of Maj. -Gen. Hon. John Shute Barrington, Lieutenant Governor of Berwick, and Elizabeth, dau. of Florentius Vassal (qv); b. 16 Jul 1761; adm. 5 May 1773; KS 1774; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 17 Jun 1778, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1778 - 14 Feb 1787 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Grantham); BA 1782; MA 1785; ordained; Prebendary of Salisbury 9 Jan 1786- res May 1802; Vicar of Grantham, Lincs., 1786-91 (year of grace from 14 Feb 1786); Rector of Great Ponton, Lincs., 1789 (dispensation to hold with Grantham, 1789); Rector of Sedgefield, Co. Durham, from Dec 1791; Prebendary of Durham from 22 Sep 1796 (holding the “golden stall” from 16 Nov 1801); Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham (?); succ. his brother as 5th Viscount Barrington (I) Jan 1814; m. 12 Feb 1788 Elizabeth, sister of Sir Robert Adair (qv); d. at Rome 5 Mar 1829.

BARRINGTON, HON. RUSSELL, fifth son of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (I) (qv); b. 25 Jul 1801; adm. (G) 5 Apr 1815; left 4 Dec 1818; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 May 1819; BA 1822; m. 25 Sep 1832 Maria Jane Bowes, only dau. of John Lyon, Hetton Hall, Co. Durham; d. 15 Feb 1835.

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM KEPPEL, 6TH VISCOUNT BARRINGTON (I), eldest son of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (I) (qv); b. 1 Oct 1793; adm. (G) ; KS 1806; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811; BA 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1814; DL JP co. Durham, High Sheriff 1825-6, also DL JP Berkshire; succeeded father as 6th Viscount Barrington (I) 5 Mar 1829; MP (Conservative) Berkshire 1837-57; Chairman, Great Western Railway Co. 1856-7; a Busby Trustee from 3 Jun 1845; m. 21 Apr 1823 Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell, fourth dau. of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; d. 9 Feb 1867.

Barrington-Ward, Frederick Temple, eldest son of the Rev. Mark James Barrington-Ward, D.D., Rector of Duloe, Cornwall, by Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pearson, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey; b. Aug. 30, 1880; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; left (with Triplett, and a Triplettgratuity)July 1899; Hertford Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; scholar 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. and B.C. L. 1906; Vinerian Law Scholar 1904; Fellow of All Souls 1904-11; Tancred Student, Lincoln's Inn, 1902-4; Barstow Scholar 1904; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn May 17, 1905; South-Eastern Circuit; K.C. 1919; Bencher; Recorder of Hythe 1914-28, of Chichester 1928; a Metropolitan Police Magistrate 1930; m. June 6, 1908, Mary Alice Forster, second daughter of Arthur Lionel Smith, Master of Balliol Coll. Oxon.; d. Feb. 22, 1938.

Barrington-Ward, John Craig, son of John Grosvenor Barrington-Ward (qv); b. 28 Aug. 1928; adm. Sept. 1942 (G); left July 1946; RMA Sandhurst; RA, 2nd Lieut. Oct. 1948, Lieut. Oct. 1950, Capt. May 1956, Maj. Oct. 1961, retd. May 1982; m. 5 Sept. 1973 Anna Mary Hermione Barcroft FRSA, art historian, d. of Lieut. -Col. Robert Ball Barcroft, Skinner’s Horse; d. 14 July 2013.

Barrington-Ward, John Grosvenor, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. Dec. 26, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; Hertford Scholar 1914; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1914; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1919; Student and Classical Tutor of Ch. Ch. 1919; Lieut. R.M.A. March 27, 1915; Adjt. and Quartermaster Nov. 23, 1915; served in France, the Dardanelles, and Egypt 1915-8; a Governor of the School Nov. 18, 1920; m. June 30, 1924, Diana Beatrice Eleanor, only daughter of John Embleton Macfarlane, of Hindhead, Surrey; d. June 6, 1946.

Barrington-Ward, Sir Lancelot Edward, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. July 4, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Dec. 1899; Edin. Univ.; Ch. B. 1908; Ch. M. 1913; F.R.C.S. 1910; Middlesex Hospital; practised in London; Surgeon-in-Chief, Lady Wimborne's Hospital, Uskub, Serbia, 1915; K.C. V. O. June 3, 1935; Surgeon in Ordinary to the Duke and Duchess of York 1936, and to King George VI 1937; Extra Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth II 1952; m. 1st Nov. 28, 1917, Dorothy Anne, daughter of T. W. Miles, of Caragh, co. Kerry; 2nd May 22, 1941, Catherine Wilhelmina, only daughter of E. G. Renter, of Harrogate, Yorks.; d. Nov. 17, 1953.

Barrington-Ward, Robert McGowan, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; Mure Scholar 1907; Capt. of the School 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1909; Ball. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classical Moderations 1911; President, Oxford Union Society, 1912; B.A. 1913; Tancred Student, Lincoln's Inn, 1911, called to the bar May 14, 1919; Editorial Secretary of The Times 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Aug. 21, 1914; Gen. Staff Officer Feb. 3, 1917; temp. Major July 13, 1918; served in France and Flanders; wounded at Bullecourt May 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1 and June 15, 1916, Dec. 11, 1917; M.C. Jan. r, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; Asst. Editor of The Observer 1919-27; of The Times 1927-34; Deputy Editor of The Times 1934-41; Editor 1941; a Governor of the School 1946; Hon. Fellow of Ball. Coll. Oxon. 1947; author of A Memoir and Selected Addresses of James Gow, Litt. D. (1924), and other works; m. Dec. 1, 1926, Margaret Adele, only daughter of Evasis Hampden Radice, C. I. E.; d. on a cruise at Dar-es-Salaam Feb. 29, 1948. See Diet. Nat. Biog. 1941-50, p. 64.

Barrington-Ward, Sir (Victor) Michael, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. July 17, 1887; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; left July 1904; Edin. Univ.; 1st class Engineering and B.Sc. 1907; assist. to engineer, Midland Railway, 1907, assist. to Gen. Supt. 1914; Director of Railway Operations, Ministry of Transport, 1919-22; District Supt. L. N. E. R. 1922-27; Supt. (Western Section) L. N. E. R. 1927-39, (Southern Area) 1939-42; assist. General Manager 1942-5; Divisional General Manager 1945-7; a member of the Railway Executive 1947-53; Chairman, Operating Committee, Railway Executive Committee, 1938-45; served in. Great War I; Capt. 11th (Serv.) Batt. South Lancs Regt. Oct. 14, 1914; Major R.E. June 2, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. Oct. 20, 1916, Jan. 4 and Dec. 14, 1917, May 21, 1918; D.S.O. Oct. 20, 1916; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes Dec. 1918; C.B.E. June 14, 1945; K.C.V.O. June 5, 1952; m. 1st Nov. 25, 1920, Barbara, only daughter of John Taylor Pilling, of Wolverley Court, Worcs.; 2nd 1938 Isobel, elder daughter of Stanley James Kerfoot, M.R.C.S., of Clifton, Bristol; d. 28 July 1972.

BARRON, HERBERT GEORGE, eldest son of George Bretherton Barron MD LRCP MRCS, Southport, Lancs., and Mary J. --- (1881 Census); b. 24 Feb 1851; adm. 6 Jul 1864 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870; BA 1874; University Coll. Hospital; LRCP, MRCS 1879; practised at Southport; m. 19 Jun 1878 Ellen Cook (IGI); d. 21 Dec 1910.