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Samuel Barrington
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Admiral Samuel Barrington was a Royal Navy officer. Barrington was the fourth son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire. He enlisted in the navy at the age of 11, and by 1747 had been promoted to post-captain. Barrington had good connections and was lucky to enlist at the right time, and proved to be an able officer.
Barrington c.1770, Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Barrington c.1770, Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Marble monument by John Flaxman to Rear Admiral Barrington in St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham, now in Oxfordshire
Marble monument by John Flaxman to Rear Admiral Barrington in St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham, now in Oxfordshire
Barrington's action at St Lucia: his squadron at anchor off the Cul de Sac, on 16 December 1778, by Dominic Serres
Barrington's action at St Lucia: his squadron at anchor off the Cul de Sac, on 16 December 1778, by Dominic Serres
John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington
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John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington, known as John Shute until 1710, was an English dissenting theologian and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1723.
Portrait, circle of John Michael Wright
Portrait, circle of John Michael Wright
Monument to John Barrington in St. Andrew's parish church, Shrivenham, in the Vale of White Horse.
Monument to John Barrington in St. Andrew's parish church, Shrivenham, in the Vale of White Horse.