James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore

James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore (1667 – 5 January 1748) was an Irish army officer and politician.

Early life The son of Richard Barry, 2nd Earl of Barrymore and his wife Dorothy (née Ferrar), Barry succeeded his half-brother Laurence Barry, 3rd Earl of Barrymore to the Earldom of Barrymore on 17 April 1699.

Military career Upon William of Orange's invasion of England, Barrymore came out for William against James II and was subsequently appointed as a lieutenant colonel in William's army on 31 December 1688. After the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1702, he purchased for 1,400 guineas the 13th Regiment of Foot from Sir John Jacob, 3rd Baronet (his brother-in-law) and became Colonel of the Regiment. He was in turn appointed brigadier-general (c. 1707), major-general (1709) and lieutenant-general (1711). He served under Lord Galway and was captured after the Battle of Almansa in 1707. Upon the accession of the first Hanoverian monarch George I and his proscription of the Tories in 1715, Barrymore was forced to sell his regiment. He was a board member of the High Tory Loyal Brotherhood.

Jacobitism Barrymore embraced the Pretender's cause late in life. In 1740 he conspired with English Tories for a Stuart restoration aided by a French invasion and visited Cardinal Fleury to persuade him to support it.

Personal life He married, firstly, Hon. Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan and his wife Lady Jane Seymour, before 1703. They had two daughters and a son: Lady Charlotte Barry (d. 1708) Lady Anne Barry, married James Maule and died soon afterwards an infant son (d. 30 May 1707)

He married, secondly, Lady Elizabeth Savage, daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers and Penelope Downes, in June 1706, unknown to her father. They had one daughter: Lady Penelope Barry (18 Apr 1708 – 13 Oct 1775), married General Hon. James Cholmondeley Lady Elizabeth died in 1714 miscarrying a son.

He married, thirdly, Lady Anne Chichester, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall and Lady Catherine Forbes, on 12 July 1716 at St. Anne's, Soho, London, England. They had four sons and two daughters: James Barry, 5th Earl of Barrymore (25 Apr 1717 – 19 Dec 1751) Hon. Richard Barry (d. 23 Nov 1787) Lady Catherine Barry (d. 1738) Lady Anne Barry (d. 21 Mar 1758), married Mr. Taylor Hon. Arthur Barry (1724 – Oct 1770) Hon. John Smith-Barry (28 Jul 1725 – 1784), married Dorothy Smith in 1746 and had issue