Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh

Jane Carey, one of Edward Barrett's two wives

Edward Barrett, 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh, PC (21 June 1581 – buried 2 January 1645) was an English politician.

Life

Barrett was the son of Charles Barrett of Belhouse, Essex and his wife Christian Mildmay (a daughter of Sir Walter Mildmay). He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 17 March 1597 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1600. He was knighted on 17 April 1608.^[1]

In 1614 Barrett was elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch. He was elected MP for Newport in 1621.^[1] In 1625, he was Ambassador to France.

Barret was created Baron Barrett of Newburgh in Scotland on 17 October 1627 and was made a baronet a year later (a unique occurrence of someone being made a baronet after being made peer). In 1628, he was invested as member of the Privy Council. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1628 to 1629, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1629 to 1644. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1641 to 1643.^[1]

Barret died at the age of 63 and was buried at Aveley on 2 January 1645.^[1]

Barrett was married twice but had no children, so that upon his death in 1645, his titles became extinct.

References

1 2 3 4 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Baal-Barrow', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 51-78. Date accessed: 19 November 2011

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Portland	Chancellor of the Exchequer of England 1628–1629	Succeeded by The Lord Cottington
Preceded by Sir Humphrey May	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1629–1644	Succeeded by Lord Seymour
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by New creation	Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1627–1645	Succeeded by Title extinct
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Newburgh) 1628–1645	Succeeded by Title extinct

Chancellors of the Exchequer

of England	Eustace of Fauconberg Maunsell Leicestre Westminster Chishull W.Giffard G.Giffard Chishull de la Leye Willoughby Benstead Sandale Hotham Stanton Harvington Wodehouse Stratford Ashby Ashton Barnham Somer Somerset Browne Witham Thwaites Witham Fowler Catesby Lovell Berners Cromwell Baker Sackville Mildmay Fortescue Dunbar Caesar Greville Portland Barrett Cottington Colepeper Hyde Ashley Duncombe Ernle Delamer Hampden Montagu Smith Boyle

of Great Britain	Boyle Smith Harley Benson Wyndham Onslow Walpole Stanhope Aislabie Pratt Walpole Sandys Pelham Lee Bilson-Legge Lyttelton Bilson-Legge Mansfield Bilson-Legge Barrington Dashwood Grenville Dowdeswell Townshend North Cavendish Pitt Cavendish Pitt Addington Pitt Petty Perceval Vansittart

of the United Kingdom	Vansittart Robinson Canning Tenterden Herries Goulburn Althorp Denman Peel Spring Rice Baring Goulburn Wood Disraeli Gladstone Lewis Disraeli Gladstone Disraeli Hunt Lowe Gladstone Northcote Gladstone Childers Hicks Beach Harcourt R Churchill Goschen Harcourt Hicks Beach Ritchie A Chamberlain Asquith Lloyd George McKenna Bonar Law A Chamberlain Horne Baldwin N Chamberlain Snowden W Churchill Snowden N Chamberlain Simon Wood Anderson Dalton Cripps Gaitskell Butler Macmillan Thorneycroft Heathcoat-Amory Lloyd Maudling Callaghan Jenkins Macleod Barber Healey Howe Lawson Major Lamont Clarke Brown Darling Osborne

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