Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL (15 October 1795 – 19 April 1872)[1] was an Irish baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections.
Background[]
Born at in County Waterford, he was the son of Pierce Barron and his wife Anna, only daughter of Henry Winston.[2] His younger brother was the bishop Edward Barron.[3] Barron was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[4]
Career[]
He entered the British House of Commons for Waterford City in 1832, however he lost his seat in the general election of 1841.[5] In October of the same year, he was created a baronet, of Bellevue, in the County of Kilkenny.[6] A year later, both representatives for the constituency were unseated and Barron was returned to parliament until 1847.[5] He was re-elected in 1848, sitting for the next four years.[5] Barron was again successful in the general election of 1865 and represented Waterford City until 1868.[5] Although he won the constituency's by-election in the following year, the result was declared void because of bribery in 1870.[5] Barron served as High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1858[7] and also as a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of the county.[2]
Family[]
On 1 May 1822, he married Anna Leigh Grey, the only daughter of Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Fourth Baronet[8] and had by her a daughter and a son.[3] She died in 1852, and Barron married secondly Augusta Anna, youngest daughter of Lord Charles Somerset at St George's, Hanover Square on 1 August 1863.[9] This marriage was childless.[3] Barron died aged 76 in 1872 and was buried at Ferrybank, Waterford.[10] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, .[11] His second wife survived her husband for nine years.[3]
Works[]
- Notes on Education in Germany and Holland; (1840)
References[]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 105–106.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "ThePeerage – Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Bt". Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ Debrett, John (1870). Robert Henry Mair (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Waterford". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "No. 20010". The London Gazette. 24 August 1841. p. 2155.
- ^ "No. 6775". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 January 1958. p. 181.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 34.
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1863). The Gentleman's Magazine. part II. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 371.
- ^ Joseph Jackson Howard, ed. (1897). Visitation of England and Wales. vol. II. London: Frederick A. Crisp. p. 65.
|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Debrett, John (1893). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. London: Oldhams Press. p. 30.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Winston Barron
- 1795 births
- 1872 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Deputy Lieutenants of Waterford
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1832–1835
- UK MPs 1835–1837
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- High Sheriffs of County Waterford
- Irish Repeal Association MPs