3o6 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



Baron Barrington, of Newcastle, county Dub- 

 lin, in the peerage of Ireland ; and Baron 

 Shute, of Beckett, in the peerage of the 

 United Kingdom, was the eldest son of 

 William Kepple, sixth Viscount, by his wife, 

 Jane Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the first 

 Lord Ravensworth, and was born in 1824. 

 He was educated at Eton and Christ Church. 

 For some time he was Private Secretary to 

 the late Earl of Derby. In May, 1852, he 

 stood for Buckinghamshire, without success, 

 but obtained a seat for Eye, in 1866, and 

 represented that borough until his elevation 

 to the Upper House, in April, 1880. On 

 the formation of Mr. Disraeli's administration 

 of 1874, Lord Barrington became Vice- 

 Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, 

 and was made a Privy-Councillor. In 1885 

 he became Captain of the Yeomen of the 

 Guard, an office he exchanged shortly for 

 that of Captain of the Honourable Corps of 

 Gentlemen at Arms. Lord Barrington was 

 Lord Beaconsfield's most intimate friend, and 

 in addition to his other offices, he held the 

 post of precis writer of debates to the Queen. 

 Popularity in the London social world and 

 his mastery of all social matters, gave him a 

 position few could rival. Lord Barrington 

 married, in 1846, Isabel Elizabeth, only child 



