James Harington Explained

James Harington or Harrington may refer to:

Sir James Harrington (Yorkist knight), 15th century MP for Lancashire
James Harrington (priest) (16th century), dean of York
Sir James Harington (lawyer) (c. 1510–1592), English public servant
James Harrington, Lord Mayors of York in 1560
James Harrington (author) (1611–1677), sometimes spelled Harington, English political philosopher, known for Oceana
James Harrington (1664–1693), lawyer and poet
James Harrington (Georgia politician), American politician who ran in the 2000 US House of Representatives elections in Georgia
James Harrington, former mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts
James C. Harrington, Texas civil rights lawyer

Five Harington baronets have had the name James including:

James Harington (1542–1614) of Ridlington, brother of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington, MP for Rutland, high sheriff of Rutland and Oxfordshire
Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet (1607–1680), officer in the New Model Army and regicide

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