John Harcourt Barrington

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bournemouth; Age: 4; Relation to Head of House: Grand Son
• Arrival: 1952, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Age: 45

Notes:

Educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

He won a Classical Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge (First in the Law Tripos). Was called to the Bar 1930. At the beginning of the War he joined the Royal Artillery and served in France, Holland and Germany. He was awarded a T.D. and was mentioned in Despatches. At the end of the War he practised at the Bar again and was appointed Junior Counsel at the Nuremburg Trials.

He was appointed Judge to the County Court Bench in 1955, from which he had to retire in 1970 owing to ill health.

John married Virginia Beatrice Cunard on 7 Sep 1963. Virginia (daughter of Cyril Grant Cunard and Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs) was born on 20 Feb 1912 in Westminster, London; died on 6 Jun 2002 in Wandsworth, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]