▁Sh ute ▁until ▁ 1 7 1 0 , ▁was ▁an ▁ ▁English ▁diss ent ing ▁the olog ian ▁and ▁Wh ig ▁politician ▁who ▁sat ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁from ▁ 1 7 1 5 ▁to ▁ 1 7 2 3 . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁education ▁Bar r ington ▁was ▁born ▁as ▁John ▁Sh ute ▁at ▁The ob ald s ▁House , ▁near ▁Ch esh unt , ▁H ert ford shire , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Benjamin ▁Sh ute , ▁a ▁merchant , ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Elizabeth ▁C ary ll , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Rev . ▁Joseph ▁C ary ll . ▁He ▁received ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁education ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁U tre cht ▁between ▁ 1 6 9 4 ▁and ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁and , ▁after ▁returning ▁to ▁England , ▁studied ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁Inner ▁Temple . ▁ ▁Career ▁Bar r ington ▁was ▁a ▁D iss enter ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 1 ▁published ▁several ▁pam ph lets ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁diss ent ers . ▁On ▁the ▁recommendation ▁of ▁Lord ▁Som ers ▁he ▁was ▁employed ▁to ▁encou rage ▁the ▁Pres by ter ians ▁in ▁Scotland ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁kingdom s , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 8 ▁he ▁was ▁reward ed ▁for ▁this ▁service ▁by ▁being ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁commission er ▁of ▁the ▁custom s . ▁He ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁this ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁change ▁of ▁administration ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 1 . ▁In ▁the ▁meant