John Barton

(1789-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Barton, John, 1789-1852 LBT ID: JoBarto1852 VIAF ID: 30804858 LOC ID: n78092870	B/BAP: 1789 DIED: 1852-03-10
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (April 1852) 431; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The younger brother of the Quaker poet Bernard Barton; he was a founder of the Chichester Bank, a botanist, a writer, and a lecturer at the Mechanics' Institute.
REFERENCES TO John Barton: Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, 10 February 1825 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXIV. 1830-1831 Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1825 Found 1: ¶ 4