Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet FRS (1696 – 29 March 1776) [1] was an Irish physician and politician.
He was the son of Edward Barry and his wife Jane, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin. [2] In 1717, Barry graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently, he studied at the University of Leyden in the Netherlands and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1721. [2] He received the same degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1740 and the University of Oxford in 1761. [2]
Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. [3] Additionally he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1740 and its president in 1749. [4] Barry became Physician-General to the Army in Ireland in 1745. [4] He taught as Regius Professor of Physic Dublin University between 1754 and 1761. [4] A year later, Barry became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and then a censor in 1763. [2] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1744, representing Charleville until 1760. [1] On 1 August 1775, he was created a baronet, of the City of Dublin, in the Baronetage of Ireland. [5]
On 18 December 1746, Barry married secondly Jane Dopping, daughter of Anthony Dopping, sometime the Bishop of Ossory. [4] He had four sons by his first wife [2] and also three sons and two daughters by his second wife. [4] Barry died at Bath, Somerset and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Nathaniel. [4] His third son Robert was also a Member of Parliament for Charleville. [1]
Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet FRS (1696 – 29 March 1776) [1] was an Irish physician and politician.
He was the son of Edward Barry and his wife Jane, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin. [2] In 1717, Barry graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently, he studied at the University of Leyden in the Netherlands and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1721. [2] He received the same degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1740 and the University of Oxford in 1761. [2]
Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. [3] Additionally he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1740 and its president in 1749. [4] Barry became Physician-General to the Army in Ireland in 1745. [4] He taught as Regius Professor of Physic Dublin University between 1754 and 1761. [4] A year later, Barry became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and then a censor in 1763. [2] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1744, representing Charleville until 1760. [1] On 1 August 1775, he was created a baronet, of the City of Dublin, in the Baronetage of Ireland. [5]
On 18 December 1746, Barry married secondly Jane Dopping, daughter of Anthony Dopping, sometime the Bishop of Ossory. [4] He had four sons by his first wife [2] and also three sons and two daughters by his second wife. [4] Barry died at Bath, Somerset and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Nathaniel. [4] His third son Robert was also a Member of Parliament for Charleville. [1]