Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameThomas Barrington FRS 
[107, Vol 2, p.39]
[107, Vol 2, p.39]Birthca 1648
Deathbef 1716
GeneralColonel in army. DSP. Succeeded but in debt and sold out to his brother Francis.
FatherSir Gobert Barrington (-ca1695)
MotherLucy Wiseman
Notes for Thomas Barrington FRS
Authority
Entry: Barrington; Thomas (c 1648 -)
Surname: Barrington
Forenames: Thomas
Dates: c 1648 -
Nationality: British
Address: Tofts, Little Baddow, Essex
Activity: Education:
Magdalene College, Cambridge (admitted 1665); Middle Temple (admitted 1666)
Career: Sold his estate at Tofts to his brother, Francis; Ensign in the Duke of Buckingham's Regiment (1673)
RSActivity: Membership: Fellow
Election Date: 18/11/1669
Proposers: Henry Oldenburg
Council: 1673, 1677, 1679
Relationships: Probably son of Sir Robert Barrington of Tofts; no children
ArchNotes
Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Venn; Le Neve; MT; Dalton
References: Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
Code: NA1136
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From the 1716 Act of Parliament, page 3 of the filmed copy, to change John Shute’s name to Barrington, it seems that Thomas had a wife Anne.
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Entry: Barrington; Thomas (c 1648 -)
Surname: Barrington
Forenames: Thomas
Dates: c 1648 -
Nationality: British
Address: Tofts, Little Baddow, Essex
Activity: Education:
Magdalene College, Cambridge (admitted 1665); Middle Temple (admitted 1666)
Career: Sold his estate at Tofts to his brother, Francis; Ensign in the Duke of Buckingham's Regiment (1673)
RSActivity: Membership: Fellow
Election Date: 18/11/1669
Proposers: Henry Oldenburg
Council: 1673, 1677, 1679
Relationships: Probably son of Sir Robert Barrington of Tofts; no children
ArchNotes
Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Venn; Le Neve; MT; Dalton
References: Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
Code: NA1136
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From the 1716 Act of Parliament, page 3 of the filmed copy, to change John Shute’s name to Barrington, it seems that Thomas had a wife Anne.
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