Sir Thomas Richard Fiennes Barrett-Lennard, 5th Baronet, (12 December 1898 – 28 December 1977) was a British banker who had served as vice-chairman of Norwich Union and Chairman of the East Anglian Trustee Savings Bank.The Times, Saturday, 31 Dec 1977; pg. 14; Issue 60199; col F Sir Richard Barrett-Lennard‘LENNARD, Sir (Thomas) Richard (Fiennes) Barrett-’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 19 June 2013
Life and family He was born in Brighton on 12 December 1898, the son of Richard Fiennes Barrett-Lennard, 4th Baronet. He entered Clare College, Cambridge in 1919, obtaining a BA degree. He married Miss Una Kathleen Finora Fitzgerald at Aveley in July, 1922Chelmsford Chronicle, 28 July 1922 He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for Essex in October, 1926.Chelmsford Chronicle, 22 October 1926 He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father at Horsford manor in September, 1934.Chelmsford Chronicle, 14 September 1934
He worked in the financial services industry, being vice-chairman of Norwich Union, Chairman of the East Anglian Trustee Savings Bank. and a director of other insurance companies In 1950, he was chairman of the appeal committee that raised £35,000 for repairs to Norwich Cathedral.
He died on 28 Dec. 1977 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his distant cousin, Sir Hugh Barrett-Lennard, 6th Baronet, who was descended from the second son of the first baronet.
Family pictures Barrett-Lennard owned a number of family pictures which he loaned to various exhibitions, including Fine Paintings from East AngliaThe Burlington Magazine, Vol. 106, No. 737 (Aug., 1964), pp. 380+389-390 and 18th Century Italy and the Grand Tour.The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 100, No. 666 (Sep., 1958), pp. 316+318-319 His paintings were photographed and a list published by the Courtauld Institute of Art. In 1974 he donated many of these family pictures to Essex County Council, although they remained with the family until 2009.Brentwood Gazette The collection included around 40 family portraits, including the donor, painted by Armin Horowitz in 1938.Barrett-Lennard portraits on Flickr There were also some topographical paintings of Belhus and a few other works.Essex Record Office catalogue A few paintings from the collection are on display in the search room at the Essex Record Office, including a portrait of the 5th Baronet. In 1922, the collection included portraits of Charles I and Catherine Mildmay, both by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, but these are not included in the Essex Record Office List.Finberg, Alexander J, A Chronological List of Paintings by Cornelius Johnson, Walpole Society, Volume 10, 1922
The most valuable item in the collection was a portrait of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Lord Dacre, with his wife and daughter by Pompeo Batoni which was valued at £2.5m.A Batoni in Storage The Batoni portrait and many other works in the collection were discussed in a privately published family history.
Honours Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1950)London Gazette Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (1955)London Gazette
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