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Baron Harington of Exton was a title in the Peerage of England, created on 21 July 1603 for John Harington (d. 1613) of Exton Hall, Rutland. It became extinct on the death of his son John Harington in 1614.
The 1st Baron was the eldest son of Sir James Harrington (c.1511–1592) of Exton. The third son of Sir James Harington was Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet.
Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from a historic grade I listed building and former country house. It is located at Combe Fields in the Borough of Rugby, roughly midway between Coventry and Brinklow in the countryside of Warwickshire, England. The house's original grounds are now a country park known as Coombe Country Park and run by Coventry City Council.
John Harrington or John Harington may refer to:
Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford was an English nobleman and politician.
The HaringtonBaronetcy, of Ridlington in the county of Rutland, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1611 for James Harington. He was a descendant of John Harington, one of the Barons summoned to Parliament by Edward II. James's elder brother was John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton. The second Baronet was a Royalist during the English Civil War. The third Baronet was a Major-General in the Parliamentarian Army and one of the judges appointed to try Charles I, although he refused to sit. He was nonetheless excepted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act and his title was forfeited for life in 1661. The ninth, eleventh, and twelfth Baronets were all judges. The family is one of two families to have produced three County Court judges.
Colonel Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet was an English politician and military officer who fought on the Parliamentarian side during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland.
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton in Rutland, was an English courtier and politician.
Sir James Harington of Exton was a 16th-century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.
Harrington is an English habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. It is also a common surname in southwest Ireland, where it was adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin and Ó hIongardail. Notable people with the surname include:
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John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland was a young English peer and politician. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Baron Harington of Exton.
James Harington or Harrington may refer to:
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Sir Robert Chichester (1578–1627), (KB), lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was Custos Rotulorum and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.
Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet (1542–1613/4) of Ridlington, Rutland, was an English politician.
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