Barry

(bar're.) (Her.) Is when an escutcheon is divided bar-wise (that is, acro from side to side) into an even number of partitions, consisting of two or more tinctures interchangeably disposed. Bar'ry, SIR CHARLES, an English architect, B. 1795, whose celebrity rests on the magnificent Houses of Parliament, built by him at Westminster. D. 1860. Bar'ry, JAMES, an English historical painter, B. 1741. His principal work is a series of 6 pictures intended to illustrate the progre of civilization. D. 1806. Bar'ry, JOHN, an American commodore, B. in Wexford co., Ireland, 1745; was one of the first officers commi ioned by Congre for the navy, and died 1803, after a brilliant career. Bar'ry, MARIE JEANNE GOMART DE VAUBERNIER, COUNTESSDU, a celebrated mistre of Louis XV. of France, B. 1746, s. the Marchione of Pompadour, and, till the death of the king, exercised a powerful influence at court. Arrested as a royalist during the Reign of Terror, she was executed, Dec. 6, 1793. [s. 75]