biography
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Barrington, Sir Jonah
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| lived:
| (1760–1834)
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| biography:
| Judge, politician, and memorialist, born in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, SC Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, was called to the Irish bar in 1788, and became MP for various constituencies. He became involved in intricate political manoeuvres and was gradually overwhelmed by debts, resulting in his disgrace and dismissal in 1830. After settling in France, he wrote The Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation (1833) and Personal Sketches of his own Time (3 vols, 1827–32). |
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