Richard Barrington, 4th Viscount Barrington

Richard James Barrington, 4th Viscount Barrington (died 8 December 1813) was a British peer.

Early life Richard James Barrington was the son of Maj. Gen. Hon. John Barrington and the former Elizabeth Vassal. His maternal grandparents were Florentius Vassall, a wealthy planter and slave-owner, and Mary Foster (a daughter of Col. John Foster of Jamaica). They had no children.

In 1785, American portrait painter Gilbert Stuart painted a portrait of Barrington's uncle, Admiral Samuel Barrington, in London. Stuart later painted a portrait of the 4th Viscount –1794. He was succeeded in the Viscountcy by his younger brother, George.