Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington (
1734—
1826), youngest son of the
1st Viscount Barrington, was educated at
Eton College and
Oxford, and after holding some minor dignities was made bishop of Llandaff in
1769. In
1782 he was translated to
Salisbury and in
1791 to
Durham. He was a vigorous
Protestant, though willing to grant
Roman Catholics "every degree of toleration short of political power and establishment." He published several volumes of sermons and tracts, and wrote the political life of his brother,
William Wildman Shute Barrington.