BARRINGTON, JOHN SHUTE, 1ST VISCOUNT (16 7 8 1734), English lawyer and theologian, was the son of Benjamin Shute of Theobalds, Herts., and took the name of Barrington on succeeding to an estate. He was created an Irish peer as Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in 1720. Employed by Lord Somers to induce the Scottish Presbyterians to accept the union with Eng land, he was rewarded by a place in the customs, which he lost on the change of administration in 1711. He became M.P. for Berwick in 1714, but was expelled from the House of Commons in 1723 for having taken part in the Harburg lottery. Shute was a champion of the civil rights of Protestant dissenters, and wrote some theological works. He died on Dec.