Barrington, (1) JOHN SHUTE, 1st VISCOUNT BARRINGTON

Barrington, (1) JOHN SHUTE, 1st VISCOUNT BARRINGTON, the son of a London merchant, was born in 1678, and called to the bar in 1699. In 1704-5 he published his Rights of Protestant Dissenters, which gained him the confidence of the Presbyterians. His Dissuasive from Jacobitism (1713) recommended him to George I., and he was raised to the Irish peerage as baron and viscount in 1720. He was returned for Berwick in 1715, and again in 1722, but was expelled from the House of Commons in 1723 on account of his connection with a bubble speculation of the time. This excessive punishment was generally ascribed to the malice of Walpole. He died in 1734. His works, mostly theological, were published in 3 vols. in 1828. Of his six sons, the following deserve notice.—(2) WILLIAM WILDMAN, 2d VISCOUNT, his eldest son, born in 1717, sat for Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1740, and until 1778 constantly held office, either in the Admiralty, the War Office, the Exchequer, or the Post-office. He died in 1793.—(3) DAINES, the fourth son, born in 1727, was called to the bar, where he attained a considerable position. His numerous writings embrace law, antiquities, and natural history, but his only important work is his Observations on the Statutes (1766). He died in 1800.—(4) SAMUEL, a distinguished naval officer, was the fifth son. In 1787 he was made admiral, and he died in 1800.—(5) SHUTE, the youngest son, was born in 1734, ordained in 1756, and became successively Bishop of Llandaff, of Salisbury, and (1791) of Durham. He died in London in 1826.