Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

(1863), _portrait_. BARRETT, MICHAEL. A stevedore; lived in Glasgow; member of Fenian brotherhood; fired a barrel of gunpowder close to the wall of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, London 13 Dec. 1867 which killed 4 persons and injured about 40; arrested at Glasgow 14 Jany. 1868; tried at Central Criminal Court 20–25 April 1868 for murder of Sarah Ann Hodgkinson at Clerkenwell, when found guilty and sentenced to death; hanged at Newgate by Calcraft 26 May 1868 aged 27, being last person publicly executed in England. _Central Criminal Court, Minutes of evidence by Barnett and Buckler lxvii_, 486–542 (1868). BARRETT, RICHARD. A brewer in Ireland; journalist in Dublin; established the _Pilot_ daily evening newspaper 1827 which became principal organ of Daniel O’Connell; it was suppressed by Government, but Barrett continued it by changing the title to _The Morning Register, the Pilot having been suppressed_; sentenced to six months imprisonment 1833 for publishing a letter of O’Connell’s; prosecuted frequently and imprisoned 3 times. _d._ Dublin 19 Oct. 1854. BARRETT-LENNARD, SIR THOMAS, 1 Baronet (_natural son of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17 Baron Dacre who d. 12 Jany. 1786_). _b._ 6 Jany. 1761; assumed by r.l. surname of Barrett-Lennard instead of Thomas 13 March 1786; created baronet 30 June 1801. _d._ 40 Bryanston sq. London 25 June 1857. BARRINGTON, WILLIAM KEPPEL BARRINGTON, 6 Viscount. _b._ London 1 Oct. 1793; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1814; succeeded his father 5 March 1829; M.P. for Berkshire 1837–57. _d._ Beckett house, Faringdon Berks 9 Feb. 1867. _Burke’s Portrait gallery ii_, 61 (1833). BARRINGTON, LADY CAROLINE (_3 dau. of Charles Grey, 2 Earl Grey 1764–1845_). _b._ 30 Aug. 1799. (_m._ 15 Jany. 1827 Hon. George Barrington, captain R.N. he was _b._ 20 Nov. 1794 and _d._ 2 June 1835); governess to children of Queen Victoria Jany. 1851 to death. _d._ 28 April 1875. BARRINGTON, SIR MATTHEW, 2 Baronet. _b._ Limerick 21 May 1788; crown solicitor for province of Munster 1832 to death; succeeded 10 Jany. 1846. _d._ Dublin 1 April 1861. BARRINGTON, SIR WILLIAM HARTIGAN, 3 Baronet. _b._ Dublin 6 Oct. 1815; sheriff of Limerick 1846; succeeded 1 April 1861. _d._ Glenstal, Limerick 14 July 1872. BARRITT, JAMES LITTLER. Formerly senior partner of firm of Barritt & Co. wholesale bible warehouse 173 Fleet st. _d._ St. Margaret’s Rochester 18 Aug. 1863 aged 62. BARRON, ARTHUR. ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; fellow of his college; barrister I.T. 24 Nov. 1826; author with Alfred Austin of _Reports of cases of controverted elections in the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom_ 1844. _d._ 13 June 1856 aged 55. BARRON, RIGHT REV. EDWARD. _b._ Ireland 1801; studied at college of the Propaganda, Rome, D.D.; pastor of St. Mary’s church, Philadelphia; pres. of theological seminary of St. Charles Borromeo; vicar general of diocese of Philadelphia; missionary to Liberia, Africa; embarked from Baltimore 21 Dec. 1841; bishop of Constantine and vicar apostolic of the two Guineas 1843–45; missionary priest at Philadelphia, St. Louis and in Florida. _d._ Savannah 12 Sep. 1854. _R. H. Clarke’s Lives of deceased bishops ii_, 595–60 (1872). BARRON, EDWARD ENFIELD _b._ Norwich; L.S.A. 1832; F.R.C.S. 1844; M.D. London 1850, M.R.C.P. 1851; assistant demonstrator at Grainger’s school Southwark, then the largest in London, Oct. 1834, and demonstrator May 1836 to date when school was transferred to St. Thomas’s hospital; Post-mortem demonstrator at St. Thomas’s; a medical and surgical tutor. _d._ St. John’s, Woking 25 Dec. 1878 aged 67. BARRON, SIR HENRY WINSTON, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of Pierse Barron of Ballyneal co. Waterford 1752–1811_). _b._ Ballyneal 15 Oct. 1795; ed. at Trinity coll. Dublin; M.P. for city of Waterford 1832–47, 1848–52, 1865–68 and 22 Nov. 1869 to 20 Jany. 1870, when his election was declared void; created baronet 23 Aug. 1841; sheriff of Waterford 1857; author of _Notes on education in Holland and Germany_. _d._ 2, Halkin st., Belgrave sq., London 19 April 1872. _O’Malley and Hardcastle’s Reports of election petitions ii_, 1–5 (1875). BARRON, WILLIAM. Formerly of the Strand; master of Stationers company 1837 and 1841. _d._ Highgate 5 April 1851 aged 82. BARROW, REV. ANDREW. _b._ Manchester 27 Jany. 1804; entered Society of Jesus at Rome 2 Nov. 1821; prefect of studies at Stonyhurst 1831; ordained priest 20 Dec. 1834; rector of Stonyhurst college 14 July 1842; chaplain at Broughton hall, Yorkshire 17 July 1845 to death; rector of the Yorkshire district 14 April 1860. _d._ Broughton hall 20 Oct. 1865. BARROW, SIR GEORGE, 2 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir John Barrow, 1 Baronet 1764–1848_). _b._ London 22 Oct. 1806; ed. at the Charterhouse; clerk in the colonial office July 1825; chief clerk and sec. of order of St. Michael and St. George July 1870 to 29 Sep. 1872; C.M.G. 28 May 1874; author of _Ceylon past and present_