Sir John Barrington

Sir John Barrington, was an Irish businessman who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1865 and again in 1879. He was a member of the Irish Conservative Party. He was born on 6 September 1824, to Edward Barrington of Fassaroe, County Wicklow, and Sarah Leadbeater from Ballitore, County Kildare. He was the great-grandson of John Barrington, a tallow candler who founded the John Barrington & Sons company that made soap at their premises on Great Britain St. (now Parnell St.