Background
BARRINGTON, Bernard Eric Edward was born on June 5, 1847 in London. Youngest son of 6th Viscount Barrington and Jane, daughter of 1st Baron Ravensworth.
BARRINGTON, Bernard Eric Edward was born on June 5, 1847 in London. Youngest son of 6th Viscount Barrington and Jane, daughter of 1st Baron Ravensworth.
Eton.
Entered Foreign Office, 1867. Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (A. J. Otway and Viscount Enfield), 1869-1874. Precis writer to Foreign Secretary (Earl of Derby), 1874-1878.
To Marquis of Salisbury, 1878- 1880. Private Secretary to Earl of Rldesleigh, 1885-1886. To Marquis of Salisbury, 1SS7-92, and 1895- 1900.
To Marquis of Lansdowne, 1900-1905. Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906. Retired from Foreign Office, 1907.
Attached to Special Mission to Berlin, 1878.
Clubs: Travellers’, St. James’s.
Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1902. Honourable; Sir.
