Background
He was the third son of Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet.
He was the third son of Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet.
In 1750, he was admitted to Lincoln"s Inn and in 1753, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
He was appointed a King"s Counsel in 1768. Between 1761 and 1776, Barry sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville, the same constituency his father had also represented before.
In 1762, Barry married Elizabeth Lyons, daughter of Henry Lyons, a Member of Parliament for King"s County.
