Sir Jonah Barrington

Judge, politician, and memorialist, born in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, SC Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, was called to the Irish bar in 1788, and became MP for various constituencies. He became involved in intricate political manoeuvres and was gradually overwhelmed by debts, resulting in his disgrace and dismissal in 1830. After settling in France, he wrote The Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation (1833) and Personal Sketches of his own Time (3 vols, 1827–32).

(The British Open was considered to be the effective world championship of the sport at the time.)

British Open titles (6)

Year	Opponent in final	Score in final
1967	Aftab Jawaid	9-2, 5-9, 9-2, 9-2
1968	A.A. AbouTaleb	9-6, 9-0, 9-5
1970	Geoff Hunt	9-7, 3-9, 9-4, 9-4
1971	Aftab Jawaid	9-1, 9-2, 9-6
1972	Geoff Hunt	0-9, 9-7, 10-8, 6-9, 9-7
1973	Gogi Alauddin	9-4, 9-3, 9-2

Jonah's son, Joey Barrington, is an up and coming Professional Squash Association player, who has been winning many smaller tournaments around the world.