Paternal Family Tree: Shute aka Barrington
In 1678 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington was born to Benjamin Shute [aged 51].
In 1683 [his father] Benjamin Shute [aged 56] died.
On 23rd June 1713 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 35] and Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 23] were married.
In 1715 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 37] was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1716 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 38] changed his name from Shute to Barrington by Act of Parliament as a consequence of his having inherited the estate of the husband of his first cousin Elizabeth Shute who had been married to Francis Barrington of Tofts.
On 15th January 1717 [his son] William Wildman Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 39] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 27].
On 1st July 1720 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 42] was created 1st Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.[his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 30] by marriage Viscountess Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
In 1722 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 44] was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1722 [his son] John Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 44] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 32].
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In 1723 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 45] was expelled from the House of Commons for having promoted a fraudulent lottery.
In 1727 [his son] Daines Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 49] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 37].
In 1729 [his daughter] Anne Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 51] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 39]. She married 1753 Thomas Clarges, son of Thomas Clarges 2nd Baronet and Frances Berkeley.
On 15th September 1730 [his son] Admiral Samuel Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 52] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 40].
On 26th May 1734 [his son] Bishop Shute Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 56] and [his wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 44]. He married 2nd February 1761 Diana Beauclerk, daughter of Charles Beauclerk 2nd Duke St Albans and Lucy Werden Duchess St Albans.
On 14th December 1734 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington [aged 56] died. His son William [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
On 8th February 1783 [his former wife] Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington [aged 93] died.
Grandfather: Francis Shute
father: Benjamin Shute