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