caption serviceyears branch relations death_date allegiance birth_date rank image article_title name
rear-admiral barrington 1740 -- 90 kingdom of great britain john -rrb- shute barrington , 1st viscount barrington -lrb- father 1800 kingdom of great britain 1729 rear admiral samuelbarrington.jpg samuel barrington
 samuel barrington
samuel barrington

admiral samuel barrington -lrb- 1729 -- 1800 -rrb- was a british admiral .
samuel was the fourth son of john shute barrington , 1st viscount barrington of beckett hall at shrivenham in berkshire -lrb- now oxfordshire -rrb- .
he entered the royal navy at the age of 11 , and by 1747 had been promoted to post captain .
