TheHarington[1]Baronetcy, ofRidlington in the county ofRutland, is a title in theBaronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1611 for James Harington.[2] He was a descendant of John Harington, one of the Barons summoned to Parliament byEdward II. James's elder brother wasJohn Harington, 1stBaron Harington of Exton.[3][4][5][6] The second Baronet was aRoyalist during theEnglish Civil War. The third Baronet was aMajor-General in theParliamentarian Army and one of the judges appointed to tryCharles I, although he refused to sit. He was nonetheless excepted from theIndemnity 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.
The Rev.Richard Harington, son of the eighth baronet, wasPrincipal of Brasenose College, Oxford. SirCharles Robert Harington (1897–1972), son of Reverend Charles Harington, second son of the eleventh Baronet, was Professor of Chemical Pathology at theUniversity of London and Director of the National Institute for Medical Research. John Harington (1873–1943), fifth son of the eleventh Baronet, was aBrigadier-General in theBritish Army.David Gawen Champernowne (1912–2000), great-grandson of Arthur Champernowne (who assumed the surname of Champernowne in 1774), son of Reverend Richard Harington, second son of the sixth Baronet, was Professor of Statistics at theUniversity of Oxford from 1948 to 1959 and Professor of Economics and Statistics at theUniversity of Cambridge from 1970 to 1978. The second son of the current baronet is the actorChristopher "Kit" Harington, b. 1986.[7]
Theheir apparent to the baronetcy is the present holder's elder son John "Jack" Catesby Harington (born 1984). Sir David Harington is also the father of the actorKit Harington.[10]
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