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- Title
The natural history interests of the Barrington family of Fassaroe, County Wicklow, Ireland.
- Authors
Nelson, E. Charles
- Abstract
The article discusses the Quaker family known as the Barringtons of Fassaroe, County Wicklow, Ireland, focusing particularly on natural history collector Richard Manliffe Barrington (1849-1915), lawyer and gentleman farmer. His father was landowner Edward Barrington (1796-1877) who fathered nineteen children with two wives, Sarah Leadbetter (1798-1843) and Huldah Strangman (1820-1895). The family's bequests to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin are considered.
- Subjects
WICKLOW (Ireland : County); BARRINGTON family; 19TH century collectors &; collecting; NATURAL history catalogs &; collections; BARRINGTON, Richard Manliffe; BARRINGTON, Edward; BOTANICAL gardens; HISTORY
- Publication
Archives of Natural History, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 1, p162
- ISSN
0260-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/anh.2014.0220