| Authorised form of name | Barry; Sir; Charles (1795 - 1860) |
| Dates | 1795 - 1860 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bridge Street, Westminster, England |
| Date of birth | 23 May 1795 |
| Place of death | The Elms, Clapham Common |
| Date of death | 12 May 1860 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Westminster Abbey |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Activity | Career:
Articled to a firm of surveyors; travelled in France, Italy, Greece and Egypt (1817-1820); designed the College of Surgeons, London; his design chosen for the new Houses of Parliament, after the fire of 1834 (work began 1840); knighted by Queen Victoria on the day she opened the Victoria Tower (1852); died of heart disease
Honours:
Kt 1852
Memberships:
RA (1841)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
| Relationships | Son of Walter Edward Barry, stationer; father of Sir John Wolfe Barry (FRS 1895) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1860-1862 vol 11 pp i-iii |
| Code | NA3730 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1849/04 | Barry, Sir Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000275 | Barry, Sir Charles | nd |
| IM/000276 | Barry, Sir Charles | nd |
| NLB/67/674 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Editor of 'Archicecture'; Society of Architects, 28 Bedford Square, W.C.1. | 12 February 1925 |