of his life for the next twenty years. He was chairman of the Royalist Convention, 7 July 1659. This met at Dublin in defiance of the government. It voted for the unconditional Restoration of Charles II. In November 1660, "in consideration of his many good services to Charles I and his eminent loyalty to Charles II", he became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, and Privy Counsellor. He was appointed a commissioner to execute the King's Declaration which ultimately led to the Act of Settlement 1662. He was accused, rather obscurely, of being "a cold friend" to the Declaration, and this, as well as his increasing infirmity, was one of the "material objections" which led to his being rejected as Speaker of the Irish House of Lords. However, he did sit on the Lords Committee to consider the state of the Irish coinage. As Treasurer and Council member of the King's Inns he was accused of being dilatory and inefficient, perhaps as a result of the "infirmity" referred to above. Ennoblement He was created 1st Baron Barry of Santry, County Dublin on 18 February 1661. His residence was at Santry. His portrait is the oldest now in the possession of the King's Inns. Death He died on 9 February 1673 and was buried on 14 February 1673 in St. Mary's Chapel, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin. His eldest son Richard succeeded as second Baron Barry. The fourth and last Baron was a notorious murderer: the title became extinct on his death in 1751. References Attribution 1603 births 1673 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by Charles II Irish barristers Politicians from County Dublin Members of Lincoln's Inn Barry, James Members of the Privy Council of Ireland 17th-century Irish people Lords chief justice of Ireland Recorders of Dublin Serjeants-at-law (Ireland)