Mary Rose Barrington (31 January 1926 – 20 February 2020) was a British parapsychologist, barrister and charity administrator.^[2]

She was President of the Oxford University Society for Psychical Research, and joined the Society for Psychical Research in 1957, becoming a Council member in 1962.^[2] She served on its Spontaneous Cases Committee since the beginning of the committee.^[2] In 1995 she was elected as vice-president of the Society.^[2][3]

Outside of her parapsychology work, she supported animal protection and voluntary euthanasia.^[2] She was once a chairperson of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society.^[4] She appeared in the episode Ripples in Time of the British paranormal documentary television series Ghosthunters.^{[citation needed]}

Partial bibliography

• A World In A Grain Of Sand: The Clairvoyance Of Stefan Ossowiecki, by Ian Stevenson, Zofia Weaver, and Mary Rose Barrington, (2005). ISBN 978-0786421121
• Beyond The Boggle Threshold: Confessions Of A Macro-Addict, in Men and Women of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, ESPRIT Volume 2, edited by Rosemarie Pilkington, (2013). ISBN 9781938398018
• Swan on a Black Sea: How Much Could Miss Cummins Have Known?. (1966). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Mary Rose Barrington. Volume 43. pp. 289–300.
• "Apologia for Suicide," by Mary Rose Barrington, in "Suicide, The Philosophical Issues", edited by M. Pabst Battin and David l. Mayo. New York: St. Martins Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0720605792