Shute Barrington
26 May 1734 -
25 March 1826

Family

Shute Barrington was the sixth and youngest son of John Shute, first Viscount Barrington, and Anne Daines. His first marriage, in 1761, was to Diana Beuclerck, and his second, in 1770, was to Jane Guise.

Education

He was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He graduated in 1755 with his B.A., and shortly thereafter acquired a fellowship. He proceeded to his M.A. in 1757, and acquired a D.C.L. in 1762.

Church Appointments and Service

He was ordained in 1756. In 1760, he was appointed chaplain-in-ordinary to George III, and in 1761 canon of Christ Church. He was promoted to a canonry at St. Paul's in 1768, which he exchanged in 1776 for a stall at Windsor. He was consecrated bishop of Llandaff in October 1769, and was translated, first, in 1782, to Salisbury, and in 1791, to Durham.

Noteworthy Publications

Barrington published The Grounds on Which the Church of England Separated from the Church of Rome Reconsidered, in a View of the Romish Doctrine of the Eucharist, and an Explanation of the Antepenultimate Answer in the Church Catechism (1809), and a volume of Sermons, Charges, and Tracts (1811).

Footnote

"He was a vigorous champion of the protestant establishment, of which his father had been among the foremost supporters; and, dreading the revival of their political power, he was zealously opposed to granting any further concessions to the Roman catholics. . . . Yet, he was willing to grant the Roman catholics 'every degree of toleration short of political power and establishment.'" -- DNB 1: 1214