Baron Barry of Santry, in the County of Dublin

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, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1661 for the Irish lawyer and politician Sir James Barry

James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry

James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry PC was an Irish lawyer.-Early life:Barry was the son of Richard Barry and Anne Cusack. His father and grandfather were wealthy merchants of Dublin, his grandfather having been sheriff, and his father mayor and representative in parliament of that city...

, a former Member of the Irish Parliament

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 for Lismore

Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

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. His grandson, the third Baron, served as Governor of Londonderry and Culmore Fort and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council

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. The latter's son, the fourth Baron, was sentenced to death for murder in 1739 and his title declared forfeit. However, he was pardoned the following year and restored to his title. On his death eleven years later, in 1751, the barony became extinct.

Richard Barry, father of the first Baron, was a wealthy merchant, served as Mayor of Dublin in 1610 and sat in the Irish House of Commons

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 as a representative for the City of Dublin

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Barons Barry of Santry (1661)

• James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry
  James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry
  James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry PC was an Irish lawyer.-Early life:Barry was the son of Richard Barry and Anne Cusack. His father and grandfather were wealthy merchants of Dublin, his grandfather having been sheriff, and his father mayor and representative in parliament of that city...
  
   (1603–1673)
• Richard Barry, 2nd Baron Barry of Santry (1637–1694)
• Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry (1680–1734)
• Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry (1710–1751)