Viscount Barrington, of Ardglass, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1720 (along with the subsidiary title Baron Barrington, of Newcastle) for the lawyer, theologian and politician John Shute Barrington. The seventh Baron was created Baron Shute in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1880, with remainder to his younger brother Percy. The titles became extinct on the death of the eleventh Viscount in 1990. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...
JOHN SOMERS SOMERS (or Sommers), Baron (1651-1716), English lord chancellor, was born on the 4th of March 1651, near Worcester, the eldest son of John Somers, an attorney in large practice in that town, who had formerly fought on the side of the Parliament, and of Catherine Ceaverne of Shropshire.
In 1683 he was counsel for the sheriffs Pilkington and Shute before the court of King's Bench, and secured a reputation which continually increased until the trial of the seven bishops, in which he was junior counsel.
When William left in May 1695 to take command of the army in the Netherlands, Somers was made one of the seven lords-justices to whom the administration of the kingdom during his absence was entrusted; and he was instrumental in bringing about a reconciliation between William and the princess Anne.
Shute also added that he 'struck out a few out-moded expressions' when 'Marazan' was reissued, but made no other changes.
This was the first book published by Nevil Shute, and since it is almost never the first of Shute's books read by his readers, it becomes an educational experience when compared with his later storytelling and stylistic techniques.
Remember, Shute wrote this at least a year before Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic in the 'Spirit of Saint Louis'.
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