BARRETT, REV. BASIL RICHARD (_7 child of John Briant Barrett of Milton house near Abingdon_). _b._ Milton house 11 May 1781; sent to St. Omer’s college Aug. 1790; joined the refugees from Douay college at Crook hall, Durham June 1795; ordained priest about July 1806; lived at Froidemont in Belgium an establishment for the care of invalid priests; author of _Pretensions to a final analysis of the nature and origin of sublimity, style, beauty, genius and taste_ 1812; _The life of Cardinal Ximenes_ 1813 and of a work in manuscript entitled _A mathematical treatise showing how the circle can be squared_. _d._ Froidemont 3 May 1858. _Gillow’s English Catholics i_, 144 (1885). BARRETT, GEORGE. _b._ Exeter 9 June 1794; made his début on the stage at Park theatre New York as one of the children in Dunlap’s version of The Stranger 10 Dec. 1798; stage manager of Bowery theatre N.Y. 1828; acting manager of Broadway theatre N.Y. 1847; the best light comedian in America, known as “Gentleman George”; took farewell of the stage at Academy of Music N.Y. 20 Nov. 1855. _d._ New York 5 Sep. 1860. BARRETT, HENRY MICHAEL. Member of company of T.R. Liverpool; made his début in London at Drury Lane theatre as Falstaff in Henry the Fourth 31 Dec. 1850; played at Sadlers Wells, Drury Lane and Princess’s theatres; played Polonius in Hamlet at the Princess’s 15 June 1871. _d._ in a cab on his way home from the theatre 15 June 1871 aged 68. BARRETT, JAMES WILLIAM (_brother of Rev. Basil Richard Barrett_). The first Roman catholic admitted a solicitor after passing of the act by which Roman catholics were enabled to practise as solicitors in England; one if not the last of the survivors of the English college at Douay. _d._ Speen hill near Newbury, Berks. 20 Feb. 1864 in 88 year. BARRETT, REV. JOHN CASEBOW. Ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1837; P.C. of St. Mary’s district parish, Birmingham 1837 to death; author of _God’s claims upon youth’s obedience_ 1838; _Minister’s trials_ 1846; _Papal aggression_ 1850; _Psalms and hymns for the church service_ 1853. _d._ St. Mary’s vicarage, Birmingham 26 Feb. 1881 aged 70. BARRETT, LUCAS (_eld. son of George Barrett, of London, ironfounder_). _b._ London 14 Nov. 1837; ed. at Royston, Univ. college school, Ebersdorf in Germany and Trin. coll. Cam.; curator of Woodwardian museum Cam. 1855; delivered many lectures for Professor Sedgwick at Cam. 1856–58; director of geological survey of Jamaica March 1859 to death; comr. for Jamaica at International Exhibition 1862; F.G.S. 1855 when only 18; F.L.S. 5 April 1860; author of 11 papers on natural history and geology; drowned while diving at the Caps outside Port Royal harbour, Jamaica 19 Dec. 1862. _Proc. of Linnæan Society_ (1863) 31–34; _I.L.N. xlii_, 188 (1863), _portrait_.