Peerage Record – 1699

     William Wildman Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass was born on 15 January 1717.¹ He was the son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Ardglass and Anne Daines.¹ He married Mary Lovell, daughter of Henry Lovell and Mary Cole, on 16 September 1740 at Harleston, Northamptonshire, England^G, with £5,000 per year.¹ He died on 1 February 1793 at age 76 at Cavendish Square, Soho, London, England^G, without surviving issue.¹ He was buried at Shrivenham, Berkshire, England^G.¹ His will (dated 21 April 1787 to 9 December 1792) was proven (by probate) on 8 February 1793.¹
     He was educated at Geneva, Switzerland^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass, co. Down [I., 1720] on 14 December 1734.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Barrington of Newcastle, co. Limerick [I., 1720] on 14 December 1734.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Berwick between 1740 and 1754.¹ He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1746 and 1754.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Plymouth between 1754 and 1778.¹ He held the office of Master of the Great Wardrobe from 1754 to 1755.¹ He held the office of Secretary at War between 1755 and 1761.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 11 March 1755.¹ He held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer between March 1761 and June 1762.¹ He held the office of Treasurer of the Navy between 1762 and 1765.¹ He held the office of Secretary at War between July 1765 and December 1778.¹ He held the office of Joint Postmaster-General between January 1782 and April 1782.¹
     Horace Walpole commented on his “forty years of servility which even in this age makes him a proverb,” and also wrote that he “had a lisp and a tedious precision that prejudiced me against him, yet he did not want a sort of vivacity.”¹ The 1st Lord Holland wrote, “Lord B., a frivolous little minded man is not honester or abler than his predecessor [as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Henry Bilson Legge], he will do well in this now (that there is another ehad to the Treasury, and another head of the House of Commons) insignificant employment. In his last year he pleased nobody. He has no regard to truth, but perhaps by what are not so material faults, being trifling, tedious, and circumstantial, he was very disagreeable to King, General and Minister.”¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Hon. Daines Barrington was born in 1727. He was the son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Ardglass and Anne Daines.¹ He died in 1800.
     He was an antiquary, lawyer and naturalist.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Admiral Hon. Samuel Barrington was born in 1729. He was the son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Ardglass and Anne Daines.¹ He died in 1800.
     He gained the rank of Admiral in the Royal Navy.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Ann Ayliffe was the daughter of Sir George Ayliffe and Martha Blount.^1,2 She married Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, son of Henry Hyde and Mary Langford, on 4 February 1631/32.³ She died circa July 1632 at Reading, Berkshire, England^G, from smallpox, without issue.¹
     From 4 February 1631/32, her married name became Hyde.

     Sir George Ayliffe married Martha Blount.²
     He lived at Gretenham, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He was also known as George Ayloff.¹

     Sir Robert Keith held the office of Great Marischal of Scotland.¹

     Margaret Arbuthnott is the daughter of Hugh Arbuthnott of that Ilk and Margaret Keith.¹ She married Andrew Menzies.¹
     Her married name became Menzies.¹

     Andrew Menzies married Margaret Arbuthnott, daughter of Hugh Arbuthnott of that Ilk and Margaret Keith.¹
     He held the office of Provost of Aberdeen.¹

     Philip de Arbuthnott was born before 1337.¹ He was the son of Hugh de Arbuthnott.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith and Lady Agnes Dunbar.¹ He married, firstly, Janet Keith, daughter of Sir William Keith.¹
     On 25 April 1355 he was of age.¹ On 25 October 1372 he had a new charter of his lands from Douglas, Lord of Galloway.¹

     Margaret Douglas was the daughter of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith and Lady Agnes Dunbar.^1,2 She married Philip de Arbuthnott, son of Hugh de Arbuthnott.¹