Barrington, Jonah, Sir, 1760-1834
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- His Personal sketches of his own times, 1830-1832:t.p. (Sir Jonah Barrington, judge of the High Ct. of Admiralty in Ireland)
- NUC, pre 56(hdg.: Barrington, Sir Jonah, 1760-1834)
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Sir Jonah Barrington, K.C. (1756/57 – 8 April 1834), was an Irish lawyer, judge and politician. Jonah Barrington is most notable for his amusing and popular memoirs of life in late 18th-century Ireland; for his opposition to the Act of Union in 1800; and for his removal from the judiciary by both Houses of Parliament in 1830, still a unique event.
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