Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre
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20 April 1717
The Lord Dacre | |
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 Portrait of Lord Dacre, by Andrea Soldi, between 1736 and 1744 | |
| Born | Thomas Barrett 20 April 1717 |
| Died | 12 January 1786 (aged 68) London, England |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Spouse |
Anna Maria Pratt
(m. 1739; died 1786) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Richard Barrett Anne Lennard, 16th Baroness Dacre |
| Relatives | Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex (grandfather) Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex (grandmother) |
Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre (20 April 1717 – 12 January 1786) was an English aristocrat.
Thomas Barrett was born on 20 April 1717. He was the son of Richard Barrett and Anne Lennard, later 16th Baroness Dacre.[1] After his father's death in 1716, his mother married Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham, in c. March 1717. After Lord Teynham's death from a self-inflicted gunshot in 1723, she married Irish MP, the Hon. Robert Moore (younger son of the 3rd Earl of Drogheda), in 1725.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Dacre Barrett and the former Lady Jane Chichester (eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Donegall). His maternal grandparents were Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex and Lady Anne Fitzroy (the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland).[2]
He was educated at Harrow School.[2]
Career
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Barrett-Lennard succeeded as the 17th Baron Dacre upon the death of his mother on 26 June 1755.[2] His mother had become suo jure Baroness Dacre in 1741 after the death of her elder sister, Lady Barbara Skelton (née Lennard), when the abeyance of her father's barony was terminated in her favor. Their father's earldom, however, had become extinct upon his death in 1715.[3]
After their daughter died in 1749,[4] Thomas and Anna went on the "Grand Tour as a distraction during their recovery. After visiting Naples, Florence, Venice and other Italian cities, the couple arrived in Rome around 1750, where they met painter Pompeo Batoni."[5] In 1745, his wife had her portrait painted the prominent English portrait-painter Isaac Whood.[6]