Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore, PC (Ire) (17 January 1843 – 22 February 1925), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.
Background and education
Smith-Barry was the son of James Hugh Smith Barry, of
Political career
Smith-Barry entered
Cricket
Smith-Barry played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing once in 1873 and once in 1875.[4]
Family
Lord Barrymore married firstly Lady Mary Frances, daughter of The 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, in 1868. Their children were:
- Geraldine Smith-Barry, born 9 Jun 1869 at 26 Chesham Place in London, died 23 Dec 1957
- James Hugh Smith-Barry, born 22 Oct 1870 on Fota Island, died 18 May 1871
After his wife's death on 11 Sep 1884 (in Bex, Switzerland). He then married Elizabeth, daughter of U.S. General James S. Wadsworth and widow of Arthur Post, on 28 Feb 1889. They had one child together:
- Dorothy Elizabeth Smith-Barry, born 14 Apr 1894, d. 16 Jan 1975
Lord Barrymore died in London in February 1925, aged 82, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[5] His only son James had died as an infant in 1871 and consequently the barony became extinct on Barrymore's death. Lady Barrymore died on 9 May 1930 in London.
On the death of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry in 1925, the estate, which was entailed, passed to his brother, James Hugh Smith Barry. On his death, it passed to James Hugh's son, Robert Raymond Smith-Barry. In 1939, the estate of Fota Island and the ground rents of areas was acquired by Arthur Hugh's daughter (from her cousin), Mrs. Dorothy Bell, for the sum of £31,000. On her death, in 1975, it passed to her daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Villiers, and Fota House is now the property of The Irish Heritage Trust.
Arms
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See also
References
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 27457". The London Gazette. 25 July 1902. p. 4739.
- ^ "Parliament – House of Lords". The Times. No. 36833. London. 30 July 1902. p. 6.
- ^ "Player profile: Arthur Smith-Barry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume XIII – Peerage Creations 1901-1938. St Catherine's Press. 1949. p. 16.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. J". National Library of Ireland. 1898. p. 256. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
External links
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 93.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Smith-Barry
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- fotahouse.com