Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet

Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (ca. 1671 – 29 January 1715) was an English Tory politician.

Background and education He was the second son of Thomas Barrington and his wife Lady Anne Rich, daughter of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick. His father was the first son of Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet but had died before Sir John. He succeeded his older brother John, who had died from smallpox aged only 21, as baronet in 1691.

Career Barrington entered the English House of Commons in 1694, sitting for Essex until 1705. He represented the constituency again in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1713 until his death two years later. He was a freeman of Maldon, Essex and served as the town's alderman and bailiff. who changed his surname to Barrington as a condition of the inheritance, and this was achieved by a private act of Parliament, (9 Geo. 2. c. 24 ). Barrington was buried at Hatfield Broad Oak in Essex.