Dunbar Barton

Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton, 1st Baronet PC (29 October 1853 – 11 September 1937) was an Anglo-Irish British politician, author and judge.

Life Barton was born in Merrion Square, Dublin, to which appointment he was sworn in on 2 February 1900.

In 1904 he was transferred to the Chancery Division where he served until his retirement in 1918. He was created a baronet of Fethard in the County of Tipperary on 28 January 1918: since his only son predeceased him the title became extinct at his death.

He married Mary Tottenham Manley in 1900; their only son, Dunbar, died unmarried in 1929. He died at Gray's Inn Square in London in 1937, aged 83. He was a keen historian, with a particular interest in Marshal Bernadotte, and is said to have done much to popularise golf in Ireland. He was president of the Golfing Union of Ireland and of the Royal Dublin Golf Club, Royal Portrush Golf Club, and Greenore Golf Club.

Works Timothy Healy: Memories and Anecdotes Bernadotte, The First Phase, 1763–1799 Bernadotte and Napoleon, 1800–1810 Bernadotte, Prince and King, 1810–1844 The Amazing Career of Bernadotte, 1763 to 1844 Links Between Ireland and Shakespeare Links Between Shakespeare and the Law The Story of the Inns of Court