Thomas Barrett-Lennard Bt, FSA (1762 - 1857)

Born 6 Jan 1762 in Belhus, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (St Aubyn) Barrett-Lennard — married 15 Feb 1787 in Bobbingworth, Essex, England

Husband of Georgiana Mathilda (Stirling) Barrett-Lennard — married 20 Jun 1833 in London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1857 at age 95 in Marylebone, London, England

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Biography

Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet FSA, DL (6 January 1761 – 25 June 1857) was a British politician and baronet.

He was the illegitimate son of the 17th Baron Dacre and Elizabeth FitzThomas. Barrett-Lennard was educated at Downing College, Cambridge. He entered the British House of Commons for Essex South in 1832 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1832.

Barrett-Lennard was a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex, 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.

Barrett-Lennard married firstly Dorothy St Aubyn, daughter of Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet, on 15 January 1787. She died in 1830. They had seven sons and four daughters.

Barrett-Lennard married secondly Georgina Matilda Stirling, daughter of Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet on 20 June 1833. They had one son.

Barrett-Lennard died at age 96 and was at this time the most senior member of the baronetage. His oldest son Thomas represented Maldon and having predeceased his father for a year, Barrett-Lennard was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Thomas Barrett-Lennard.

Sources

• England Marriages, 1538–1973 index, FamilySearch, Thomas Barrett Lennard and Dorothy St Aubyn, 15 Feb 1787; citing Bobbingworth,Essex,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 0962530 IT 3, 857071.

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJB-QRB : 22 May 2019), Thomas Lennard, Sr, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NF2-FVL : 31 December 2014), Thomas Barrett Lennard, 1857; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Marylebone, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDW-VR85 : 6 November 2017), Thomas Barrett Lennard, 02 Jul 1857; citing Burial, , Aveley, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England.

• Wikipedia Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet.

• An account of the families of Lennard and Barrett Author: Barrett-Lennard, Thomas, 1853-1923. Publisher: London : Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd 1908. From Page #610.

• The Peerage.com (M, #17205)

• Essex Record Office: diaries (4), correspondence and papers (8 vols, 9 bundles)(Here;) Accessed 22 Apr 2024.