Robert Barry (politician)
Robert Barry (1731–1793)[1] was an Irish politician and barrister.
He was the third son of Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet.[2] In 1750, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1753, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.[3] He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1768.[3] Between 1761 and 1776, Barry sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville,[1] the same constituency his father had also represented before.
In 1762, Barry married Elizabeth Lyons, daughter of Henry Lyons, a Member of Parliament for King's County.[4] He married Elizabeth La Touche, daughter of James Digges La Touche in 1780.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall, ed. The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. II. Dublin: James Moore. p. 402.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ThePeerage - Robert Barry". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Irish Midlands Ancestry, Official Website - Anglo-Irish Families". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by Hamilton Boyle, Viscount Dungarvon Edward Barry |
Member of Parliament for Charleville 1761–1776 With: Richard Longfield 1761–1768 James Lysaght 1768–1776 |
Succeeded by Richard Cox Thomas Warren |