Background
Barrington was born at Lower Brook Street, London, the eldest son of William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington, and his wife the Honorary Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
Barrington was born at Lower Brook Street, London, the eldest son of William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington, and his wife the Honorary Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
He held office under Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1885 and 1886 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1886. Barrington was returned to Parliament for Eye in 1866. The following year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy but as this was an Irish peerage he did not have to resign his seat in the House of Commons.
In 1874 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli, a post he held until the government was defeated in the 1880 general election.
The latter year Barrington was created Baron Shute, of Beckett in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. Barrington later served under Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1885 to January 1886 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between August 1886 and his sudden death in November of the same year.
Lord Barrington married Isabel Elizabeth, daughter of John Morritt, in 1846. They had two daughters:
Honorary
Constance Mary Barrington (16 January 1847 – 1926), married Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baron Haldon
Honorary
Evelyn Laura Barrington (16 July 1848 – 9 November 1924), married George Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven
He died in office at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, in November 1886, after a few hours illness, aged 62. Lady Barrington died in February 1898.
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