Editing Charles Barry (section)

== Personal life and family ==
Barry disliked being away from London. Not liking life in the country, he preferred the bustle and society of the city.<ref name="barry 324">Barry, p. 324</ref> He was an early riser, usually between four and six o'clock in the morning;<ref name="barry 324"/> he only needed four or five hours sleep.<ref>Barry, p. 328</ref> He preferred to do his thinking and designing in the morning, but was happy to have company while at work, liking to read to or join in conversation.<ref>Barry, p. 326</ref> He had a dislike of public display, considering it hollow and lacking in conviction.<ref name="barry330">Barry, p. 330</ref> His general disposition was [[Four temperaments|sanguine]], though he had a quick temper.<ref name="barry330"/> He preferred science to literature,<ref name="barry337"/> he frequently attended the Friday night lectures held at the [[Royal Institution]].<ref>Barry, p. 313</ref>

Barry was engaged to Sarah Rowsell (1798–1882) in 1817, they married on 7 December 1822<ref>Barry, p. 70</ref> and had seven children together.

Four of Sir Charles Barry's five sons<ref>Barry, pp. 326–327</ref> followed in his career footsteps. Eldest son [[Charles Barry (junior)]] (1823–1900) designed [[Dulwich College]] and [[Dulwich Park|park]] in south London and rebuilt [[Burlington House]] (home of the [[Royal Academy]]) in central London's [[Piccadilly]]; [[Edward Middleton Barry]] (1830–1880) completed the Parliament buildings and designed the [[Royal Opera House]] in [[Covent Garden]]; Godfrey Walter Barry (1833–1868) became a [[Surveying|surveyor]]; Sir [[John Wolfe-Barry]] (1836–1918) was the engineer for [[Tower Bridge]] and [[Blackfriars Railway Bridge]]. Edward and Charles also collaborated on the design of the [[Great Eastern Hotel, London|Great Eastern Hotel]] at London's [[Liverpool Street station]].

His second son, Rev. [[Alfred Barry]] (1826–1910), became a noted clergyman. He was headmaster of [[Leeds Grammar School]] from 1854 to 1862 and of [[Cheltenham College]] from 1862 to 1868. He later became the third [[List of Anglican bishops of Sydney|Bishop of Sydney]], Australia. He wrote a 400-page biography of his father, ''The Life and Times of Sir Charles Barry, R.A., F.R.S.'', that was published in 1867.

Barry's daughters were Emily Barry (1828–1886) and Adelaide Sarah Barry (1841–1907).

Sir Charles' relative [[John Hayward (architect)|John Hayward]] designed several buildings including, The Hall, Chapel Quad [[Pembroke College, Oxford]].<ref name=riba>{{cite web |url=http://www.ribapix.com/index.php?a=advanced&s=item&key=XYToxOntzOjM6IjAwNCI7czo0OiIyMTg2Ijt9&pg=1 |title=Villa E.1027, Cap Martin, Roquebrune |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |access-date=28 March 2011 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070638/http://www.ribapix.com/index.php?a=advanced&s=item&key=XYToxOntzOjM6IjAwNCI7czo0OiIyMTg2Ijt9&pg=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Two of Barry's grandsons continued in the profession, Charles Edward Barry (1855–1937) architect and assistant to his father, and his brother Lt Col [[Arthur John Barry]] (1859–1943), civil engineer and architect, son of [[Charles Barry Jr.]] and pupil and later partner of Sir [[John Wolfe-Barry]].  He was the author of ''Railway Expansion in China and the Influence of Foreign Powers in Its Development'' (London, 1910) and is noted for significant infrastructure projects in India, China, Thailand and Egypt.<ref>Crisp</ref> He was the final generation of the Barry architectural and engineering dynasty.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Members of the Barry Family in Practice
! Dates
! Profession
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| Sir Charles Barry  || 1795–1860 || Architect
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| [[Charles Barry Jr.]]  || 1823–1900  || Architect
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| [[Edward Middleton Barry]] || 1830–1880 || Architect
|-
| Godfrey Walter Barry || 1833–1868 || Surveyor
|-
| Sir [[John Wolfe-Barry]] || 1836–1918  || Civil Engineer 
|-
| Charles Edward Barry || 1855–1937 || Architect 
|-
| Lt Col [[Arthur John Barry]] || 1859–1943 || Civil Engineer 
|}