| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Viscount Barrington | |
| Office: | High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire |
| Term Start: | 1864 |
| Term End: | 1864 |
| Predecessor1: | Philips Cosby Lovett |
| Successor1: | Nathaniel Lambert |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | Buckinghamshire, England |
| Education: | Eton College |
| Parents: | William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell |
| Children: | 3 |
| Relations: | Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (grandfather) |
Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington (22 April 1825 – 29 April 1901), was a British soldier and landowner.
Barrington was born in London on 22 April 1825. He was the second son of William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington, and his wife the Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. His elder brother was George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington, MP. His younger brothers were diplomat Sir William Barrington and civil servant Sir Eric Barrington,[1] and among his sisters were Hon. Caroline Barrington (wife of James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton) and Hon. Augusta Barrington (wife of the Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York).
Like his father and elder brother, Barrington was educated at Eton College.
Barrington served as an officer in the Rifle Brigade,[2] and Scots Fusilier Guards from 1841 to 1845. In 1864, he succeeded Philips Cosby Lovett, of Liscombe House, as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, serving for a year until Nathaniel Grace Lambert of Denham Court became the next Sheriff.
After his brother's death at Grimsthorpe Castle, in November 1886, Percy succeeded in his titles (and in the barony of Shute which was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1880 according to the special remainder for Percy's benefit).[3]
On 3 July 1845, Barrington was married to Louisa Higgins, the only daughter and heiress of Tully Higgins.[4] Together, they had three children:
His wife died on 17 May 1884 before he succeeded to his titles. Lord Barrington died on 29 April 1901 at Westbury Manor.[5] He was buried on 3 May 1901 at St. Peter's Churchyard in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England.
Through his daughter Edith, he was a grandfather of Gerald Robarts, a British Army officer, banker, and leading squash rackets player. He was a director of Coutts & Co. until 1931.
Through his daughter Alice, he was a grandfather of Evelyn Mary Campbell, who married Hubert Eaton (son of the Charles Ormston Eaton),[6] [7] and Sir Archibald Henry Campbell, who married Hon. Beryl Dawnay (daughter of Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe and granddaughter of Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton).