Shute Barrington


Shute Barrington
Bishop of Durham
A portrait of a middle-aged white man, enrobed as a bishop and as the chancellor of the Order of the Garter.
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
DioceseDiocese of Durham
In office1791–1826
PredecessorThomas Thurlow
SuccessorWilliam Van Mildert
Other post(s)Bishop of Salisbury & ex officio Chancellor of the Garter (1782–1791)
Bishop of Llandaff (1769–1782)
Orders
Ordination1756 (deacon)
Consecration1769
Personal details
Born(1734-05-26)26 May 1734
Beckett Hall, Berkshire, Great Britain
Died25 March 1826(1826-03-25) (aged 91)
Soho, Middlesex, United Kingdom
BuriedSt John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
ResidenceMongewell Park, Oxfordshire (personal)
ParentsJohn & Anne
Spouse1. Diana (m. 1761–1766)
2. Jane (m. 1770–1807)
EducationEton College
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Memorial to Rev Shute Barrington, Durham Cathedral
Durham Castle. Left: arms of the See of Durham; right: Argent three chevronels gules a label of three points azure, arms of Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham

Shute Barrington (26 May 1734 – 25 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.