Background
Born in London, Barrington was the eldest son of Reverend George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington, by his wife Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Adair and Lady Caroline Keppel.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Born in London, Barrington was the eldest son of Reverend George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington, by his wife Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Adair and Lady Caroline Keppel.
He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1814.
Barrington succeeded in the viscountcy on the death of his father in 1829. However, as this was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. In 1837 he was instead elected to the British House of Commons as one of three representatives for Berkshire, a seat he held until 1857.
He was also Chairman of the Great Western Railway between 1856 and 1857.
Lord Barrington married the Honorary Jane Elizabeth Liddell, fourth daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth, in 1823.
Lady Barrington died in March 1883, aged 78.
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