Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet FSA, DL (6 January 1762 – 25 June 1857)^[1] was a British politician and baronet.

Early life

He was the illegitimate son of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre and Elizabeth FitzThomas.^[2] Barrett-Lennard was educated at Downing College, Cambridge.^[3]

Career

He entered the British House of Commons for Essex South in 1832 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1835.^[4] Barrett-Lennard was a deputy lieutenant of Essex,^[5] and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. On 30 June 1801, he was created a baronet, of Belhus, in the County of Essex.^[6]

Personal life

On 15 January 1787, he married firstly Dorothy St Aubyn, daughter of Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet.^[7] She died in 1830, and Barrett-Lennard married secondly Georgina Matilda Stirling, daughter of Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet on 20 June 1833.^[7] He had seven sons and four daughters by his first wife as well as one son by his second wife.

Their fifth son, Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard, emigrated to Australia where he established a large estate named after the one on which he had grown up. Barrett-Lennard died aged 96 and was at this time the most senior member of the baronetage.^[7] His oldest son Thomas represented Maldon and having predeceased his father for a year,^[8] Barrett-Lennard was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Thomas.^[9]

Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet
	Crest Out of a Ducal Coronet Or, an Irish Wolfdog's Head per fesse Argent and Ermine charged with an Escallop, barways nebule Gules and Sable Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or on a fesse Gules three Fleur-de-Lis of the first (Lennard); 2nd and 3rd, per pale Argent and Gules Barry of four, counterchanged (Barrett); all within a Bordure wavy Sable Motto Pour bien desirer (The Noble Aim)

References

^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Official Website – Barrett-Lennard Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2009.
^ "Lennard (or Barrett-Lennard), Sir Thomas, Bart (LNRT819ST)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex South". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 292.
^ "No. 15372". The London Gazette. 2 June 1801. p. 619.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sylvanus, Urban (222). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry & James Parker. p. 1857.
^ Sylvanus, Urban (1956). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry & James Parker. pp. 252–253.
^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 744.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Essex South 1832 – 1835 With: Robert Westley Hall-Dare	Succeeded by Robert Westley Hall-Dare Thomas William Bramston
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Belhus) 1801 – 1857	Succeeded by Thomas Barrett-Lennard

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[1] "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Official Website – Barrett-Lennard Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2009.

[3] "Lennard (or Barrett-Lennard), Sir Thomas, Bart (LNRT819ST)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[4] "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex South". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Dod-5] Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 292.

[6] "No. 15372". The London Gazette. 2 June 1801. p. 619.

[Gentleman57-7] Sylvanus, Urban (222). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry & James Parker. p. 1857.

[8] Sylvanus, Urban (1956). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry & James Parker. pp. 252–253.

[9] Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 744.

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