Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800
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Epithet: of Add MS 37879
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0002c7
Epithet: of Add MS 38203
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0002c8
Epithet: Welsh judge, antiquary and naturalist
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x0002dd
Daines Barrington was an English jurist, antiquarian, and naturalist. Born into a distinguished family and trained as a lawyer, he held several important posts as a judge, and was admired for his writings on the law. A long-standing member of both the Royal Society and the Antiquarian Society, he wrote about antiquities, natural history, and other diverse topics, collected in his book, Miscellanies on Various Subjects. He wrote about his observations on the singing of birds, and an essay about the language of birds.
From the description of Daines Barrington letter to R. Jackson, 1782 Dec. 19. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70082115
Epithet: of Stowe MS 754
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0002ca
English lawyer and antiquary.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623270
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, "Monday" [1772]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623275
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- Antiquarians
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- Ely, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Wilcott, Great Ness (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Gibraltar, Spain (as recorded)
- Cerne Abbas, Dorset (as recorded)
- Dunstable, Bedfordshire (as recorded)
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (as recorded)
- Brittany, France (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Chester, Cheshire (as recorded)
- Demerara, British Guiana (as recorded)
- Lisbon, Portugal (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
