Samuel Barrington

Samuel Barrington

Infobox Military Person
name=Samuel Barrington


caption=Rear-Admiral Barrington
born= 1729
died= 1800
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
nickname=
allegiance=
branch=Royal Navy
serviceyears=1740-1790
rank=Rear Admiral
unit=
commands=
battles=
awards=
relations=John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (father)
laterwork=

Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN (1729 — 1800) was a British admiral.

Samuel was the fourth son of John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He entered the Royal Navy at the age of 11, and by 1747 had worked his way to a post-captaincy. He was in continuous employment during the peace of 1748—1756, and on the outbreak of the Seven Years' War served with Admiral Edward Hawke in the Basque Roads in command of HMS|Achilles|1757|6.

In 1759 the "Achilles" captured a powerful French privateer, after two hours’ fighting. In the Havre-de-Grace expedition of the same year Barrington's ship carried the flag of Rear-Admiral George Brydges Rodney, and in 1760 sailed with John Byron to destroy the Louisbourg fortifications. At the peace in 1763 Barrington had been almost continuously afloat for twenty-two years.

He was next appointed in 1768 to the frigate HMS|Venus as governor to the Duke of Cumberland, who remained with him in all ranks from Midshipman to Rear Admiral. On his return home, Barrington was offered, but refused, the command of the Channel fleet. His last active service was the relief of Gibraltar in October 1782.

As admiral he flew his flag for a short time in 1790, but was not employed in the French Revolutionary Wars. He died in 1800.

Persondata
NAME = Barrington, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = British rear-admiral
DATE OF BIRTH = 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH =
DATE OF DEATH = 1800
PLACE OF DEATH =


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Samuel Barrington — Rear Admiral Barrington Naissance 1729 Décès 1800 (à 71 ans) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Barrington Reynolds — Infobox Military Person name= Sir Barrington Reynolds lived= 1786 ndash; 3 August, 1861 placeofbirth= Penair, Cornwall placeofdeath= Penair, Cornwall caption= nickname= allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears= 1795 to 1861 …   Wikipedia

  • Barrington, Illinois — Chicagoland municipality muni name = Barrington muni = Village date = 1865 state = Illinois county = Cook county2 = Lake township = Barrington gov = President trustee government|President trustee head label = President gov head = Karen Darch pop …   Wikipedia

  • Barrington, New Hampshire — Infobox Settlement official name = Town of Barrington nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = Tom Ham Brook image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location within Strafford County, New Hampshire settlement type = Town mapsize1 = map caption1 …   Wikipedia

  • BARRINGTON, JOHN SHUTE —    1st Viscount, gained the favour of the Nonconformists by his Rights of Dissenters, and an Irish peerage from George I. for his Dissuasive from Jacobitism ; left six sons, all more or less distinguished, particularly Daines, the fourth,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Daines Barrington — Daines Barrington, FRS (1727 – 14 March 1800) was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist. Barrington was the fourth son of the first Viscount Barrington. He was educated for the profession of the law, and after filling various posts, was… …   Wikipedia

  • Daines Barrington — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Barrington. Daines Barrington (1727 – 14 mars 1800) était un homme de loi, antiquaire et naturaliste anglais. Barrington est le quatrième fils du premier Vice comte Barrington. Il étudie le droit, et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Great Barrington — ▪ Massachusetts, United States       town (township), Berkshire county, southwestern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Housatonic River, in the Berkshire Hills, 19 miles (31 km) south of Pittsfield, and includes the communities of Great… …   Universalium

  • Wain, John Barrington — ▪ 1995       British writer (b. March 14, 1925, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England d. May 24, 1994, Oxford, England), was initially identified with the Angry Young Men, a generation of post World War II writers who rejected the traditional… …   Universalium

  • Hopkins, Samuel — ▪ American theologian born Sept. 17, 1721, Waterbury, Conn. [U.S.] died Dec. 20, 1803, Newport, R.I.       American theologian and writer who was one of the first Congregationalists to oppose slavery.       After studying divinity in Northampton …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”