Barrington Dacres (died 25 October 1806) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Barrington was born the eldest son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, James Richard Dacres, and his wife Eleanor Blandford Pearce.
[7] By September, he was cruising in the English Channel as part of Sir Edward Pellew's squadron, when the French 74-gun Duguay-Trouin was spotted sailing in company with the 38-gun frigate Guerrière.
[8] The two had already been engaged by HMS Boadicea, under Captain John Maitland, but the French ships had driven her off and were now bound for Corunna.
The Duguay-Trouin was first to reach the safety of the port, but Dacres continued to engage the Guerrière until he was almost under the guns of the shore batteries.
[6] Dacres then took command of the 74-gun HMS Venerable in February, and was involved in the blockade of Brest, under Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood.