Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet DL, JP (29 December 1826 – 16 January 1919) was a British baronet.

The son of Thomas Barrett-Lennard and Mary Shedden, he was educated at St Peter's College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts. In 1857, he succeeded to his grandfather's baronetcy. Barrett-Lennard was High Sheriff of Essex in 1865 and High Sheriff of County Monaghan in 1868. He was further a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex and County Monaghan in 1900, as well as Justice of Peace for Essex.

[edit] Family

On 18 January 1853, he married Emma Wood, daughter of Reverend Sir John Wood, 2nd Baronet. They had eight children:

Evelyn Laura Mary Barrett-Lennard (d. 1939), married Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ekins Blakeney Loraine, son of Sir John Loraine, 10th Baronet on 5 June 1877
Emma Isolda Barrett-Lennard (d. 1938), married Hon. John Donohoe FitzGerald, son of Lord FitzGerald on 7 January 1881
Dorothy Ada Barrett-Lennard (d. 1864)
Anna Cristabel Barrett-Lennard (d. 1945), married Lieutenant Gerard Henry William O'Shea in 1895
Barbara Joyce Frances Barrett-Lennard (d. 1963), married Alfred Hastings Warren on 12 June 1893
Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 3rd Baronet (1853–19231
Charles Dacre Barrett-Lennard (1858–1860)
Sir Richard Fiennes Barrett-Lennard, 4th Baronet (1861–1934)