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Daines Barrington,
FRS (1727 –
March 14,
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 appointed a
Welsh judge in 1757 and afterwards second justice of
Chester. Though an indifferent judge, his
Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I. (1766), had a high reputation among historians and constitutional antiquaries. In 1773 he published an edition of
Orosius, with Alfred's Saxon version, and an English translation with original notes. His
Tracts on the Probability of reaching the North Pole (1775) were written in consequence of the northern voyage of discovery undertaken by Captain
Constantine John Phipps, afterwards Lord Mulgrave (1744–1792).
Barrington's other writings are chiefly to be found in the publications of the
Royal and Antiquarian Societies, of both of which he was long a member, and of the latter vice-president. Many of these were collected by him in a quarto volume entitled
Miscellanies on various Subjects (1781). He contributed to the Philosophical Transactions for 1780,
Vol. 60 Dec 1770 Page 54
, an account of
Mozart's visit at eight years of age to
London. In his
Miscellanies on varied subjects he included this with accounts of four other prodigies, namely,
William Crotch,
Charles and
Samuel Wesley, and
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington. Among the most curious and ingenious of his papers are his
Experiments and Observations on the Singing of Birds, and his
Essay on the Language of Birds. He was buried in the
Temple Church, London.
His correspondence with
Gilbert White formed part of the basis for White's book The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.
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