Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL (15 October 1795 – 19 April 1872) was an Irish baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections.

Background Born at Ballymil in County Waterford, he was the son of Pierce Barron and his wife Anna, only daughter of Henry Winston. His younger brother was the bishop Edward Barron. Barron was educated at Trinity College Dublin.

Career He entered the British House of Commons for Waterford City in 1832, however he lost his seat in the general election of 1841. In October of the same year, he was created a baronet, of Bellevue, in the County of Kilkenny. A year later, both representatives for the constituency were unseated and Barron was returned to parliament until 1847. and also as a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of the county. They had a son, Sir Henry Page-Turner Barron, 2nd Baronet (1824–1900), and a daughter, Emily Frances Barron (c. 1827–1913). His first wife died in 1852, and Barron married secondly Augusta Anna, youngest daughter of Lord Charles Somerset at St George's, Hanover Square on 1 August 1863. This marriage was childless.

Barron died aged 76 in 1872 and was buried at Ferrybank, Waterford. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, who never married.

Emily Frances Barron married Frederick Polhill-Turner in 1852.

Works Notes on Education in Germany and Holland (1840)