Shute Barrington

The Right Reverend

Shute Barrington
The Right Reverend; Shute Barrington
Bishop of Durham
	Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
In office	1791–1826
Predecessor	Thomas Thurlow
Successor	William Van Mildert
Other post(s)	Bishop of Salisbury & ex officio Chancellor of the Garter (1782–1791); Bishop of Llandaff (1769–1782)
Orders
Ordination	1756 (deacon)
Consecration	1769
Personal details
Born	26 May 1734; Beckett Hall, Berkshire, Great Britain
Died	25 March 1826 (aged 91); Soho, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Buried	St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Residence	Mongewell Park, Oxfordshire (personal)
Parents	John & Anne
Spouse	1. Diana (m. 1761–1766); 2. Jane (m. 1770–1807)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford

Shute Barrington (26 May 1734 – 25 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.

Early life

Barrington was born at Beckett Hall in Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the home of his father, John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington and mother, Anne née Daines, and educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford.

Church career

Barrington was ordained a deacon by Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, on 28 November 1756 at St Aldate's Church, Oxford;^[1] he was presumably ordained a priest within a year. In 1761 he was a made a canon of Christ Church, Oxford and in 1768 a canon of St Paul's from where he moved to be a canon at St George's Chapel, Windsor. In 1769 he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Llandaff; his election was confirmed on 23 September^[2] and he was consecrated a bishop on 1 October at Lambeth Palace chapel by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (assisted by Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, and Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester.)^[3] He was elected on 14 August 1782 to become Bishop of Salisbury,^[4] and was translated to that see upon the confirmation of that election on 27 August at St Mary le Bow.^[5] As Bishop of Salisbury he was also ex officio Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. He was further translated to be Bishop of Durham following his election on 25 June 1791.^[6]

Barrington was a vigorous Protestant, though willing to grant Roman Catholics "every degree of toleration short of political power and establishment." He published several volumes of sermons and tracts, and wrote the political life of his elder brother, William Barrington. From 1805 to 1826 he was the Visitor of Balliol College, Oxford and in 1806 backed the then Master, John Parsons, in opening the Fellowships to competition.

Barrington was a great patron of architecture and education in the diocese of Durham. One school, Bishop Barrington Academy, still exists today in Bishop Auckland. To mark his fiftieth year in the prelacy, the diocese of Durham built the Clergy Jubilee School in Newcastle and arranged that Dame Allan's Schools should be housed there. In architecture he employed James Wyatt to remodel Salisbury Cathedral, as well as the Georgian Gothic interiors of Auckland Castle, his favoured residence.

Barrington was also a primary litigant in Morice v Bishop of Durham (1805)10 Ves 522, which is a leading case on the conditions necessary to form a trust in English law.

Barrington had an extensive correspondence with Thomas Moody, who named one of his sons, Shute Barrington Moody (b. 1818), after Shute Barrington.^[7]

He died in Soho in Middlesex (now Greater London). He is buried at St John the Baptist's Church, near his home at Mongewell Park, close to Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Memorials

A fine marble monument was erected to Barrington's memory in Durham Cathedral sculpted by Francis Chantrey.^[8]

Marriages

Barrington married firstly, on 2 February 1761, the Lady Diana Beauclerk (c. 1735–28 March 1766), daughter of Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans. His wife died in childbirth, the child stillborn. He married secondly, on 20 June 1770, Jane Guise (d. 8 August 1807), daughter of Sir John Guise, but had no children.

Styles and titles

1734–1756: The Honourable Shute Barrington
1756–1761: The Reverend and Honourable Shute Barrington
1761–1769: The Reverend and Honourable Canon Shute Barrington
1769–1826: The Right Reverend and Honourable Shute Barrington

References

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barrington, Shute" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barrington, Shute". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

^ "Barrington, Shute (CCEd Ordination ID 140361)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275357)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Salisbury) (CCEd Appointment ID 301084)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Salisbury) (CCEd Appointment ID 307994)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Durham) (CCEd Appointment ID 330702)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Correspondence with Major Moody, of Barrington, Shute (1734 – 1826, Bishop of Durham".
^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis

Church of England titles
Preceded by Jonathan Shipley	Bishop of Llandaff 1769–1782	Succeeded by Richard Watson
Preceded by John Hume	Bishop of Salisbury 1782–1791	Succeeded by John Douglas
Preceded by Thomas Thurlow	Bishop of Durham 1791–1826	Succeeded by William Van Mildert

[1] "Barrington, Shute (CCEd Ordination ID 140361)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[2] "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275357)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[3] "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[4] "Barrington, Shute (at Salisbury) (CCEd Appointment ID 301084)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[5] "Barrington, Shute (at Salisbury) (CCEd Appointment ID 307994)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[6] "Barrington, Shute (at Durham) (CCEd Appointment ID 330702)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[Shute_Barrington_correspondence-7] "Correspondence with Major Moody, of Barrington, Shute (1734 – 1826, Bishop of Durham".

[8] Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis

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see at Old Sarum	united from Sherborne & Ramsbury Herman Saint Osmund Roger Henry of Sully Philip de Harcourt Josceline de Bohon Hubert Walter Herbert Poore Richard Poore see removed to New Sarum
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Late modern	John Fisher Thomas Burgess Edward Denison Walter Kerr Hamilton George Moberly John Wordsworth Frederick Ridgeway St Clair Donaldson Neville Lovett Geoffrey Lunt William Anderson Joe Fison George Reindorp John Baker David Stancliffe Nick Holtam Stephen Lake

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Bishops of Chester-le-Street	Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wigred Uhtred Sexhelm Ealdred Ælfsige Aldhun
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Knights and Ladies Companion (since 1937)	The Duke of Portland The Earl of Halifax The Marquess of Salisbury The Viscount Cobham The Marquess of Abergavenny The Lord Carrington The Duke of Abercorn The Baroness Manningham-Buller

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