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Alington, Baron (I, 1642 - 1723)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Jul 1642

Extinct: 11 Feb 1722/3

Family name: Alington

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Arms:

Sable a Bend engrailed between eight Billets Argent

Crest:

A Talbot passant proper billety Or

Supporters:

On either side a Talbot proper billety Or

Motto:

Dieu Est Tout

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William [Alington], 1st Baron Alington

4th son but only surv. son and heir of Sir Giles Alington, of Horseheath, co. Cambridge, and Great Wymondley, co. Hertford, by his first wife Lady Dorothy Cecil, 7th dau. by his first wife of Thomas [Cecil], 1st Earl of Exeter

bapt.

14 Mar 1610/1

mar.

bef. 1 Oct 1631 Elizabeth Tollemache (mar. (2) about 1651 Hon Sir William Compton (bur. 14 Apr 1671 at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), 1st dau. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Bt., of Helmingham, co. Suffolk, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Stanhope, dau. and cohrss. in her issue by his second wife of John [Stanhope], 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington

children

1. Hon Giles Alington, later 2nd Baron Alington

2. Hon William Alington, later 3rd and 1st Baron Alington

3. Hon Hildebrand Alington, later 5th Baron Alington

1. Hon Elizabeth Alington (bapt. 16 Sep 1635; d. shortly before 27 Oct 1691; bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), mar. (1) in or before 1654 as his second wife Charles [Seymour], 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and (2) 19 Sep 1672 as his second wife Rt Hon Sir John Ernle, of Burytown, co. Wiltshire, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-1688/9 (d. 1697; bur. at Calne, co. Wiltshire), and had issue by both husbands

2. Hon Catherine Alington (bur. 11 May 1675 at St Giles'-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex), mar. 26 May 1664 Sir John Jacob, 2nd Bt., of Bromley-by-Bow, co. Middlesex, and Woodbury in Gamlingay, co. Cambridge, and had issue

3. Hon Diana Alington (d. unm.)

bur.

25 Oct 1648 (bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge)

created

28 Jul 1642 Baron Alington, of Killard in the County of Cork

suc. by

son

Giles [Alington], 2nd Baron Alington

born

?

bur.

20 Mar 1659/60 (bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge)

suc. by

brother

William [Alington], 3rd and 1st Baron Alington

born

?

mar. (1)

Lady Catherine Stanhope (dsp. 19 Nov 1662; bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), only dau. of Hon Henry Stanhope, styled Lord Stanhope (by his wife Hon Catharine Wotton, suo jure Countess of Chesterfield for life, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Wotton], 2nd Baron Wotton), 2nd but 1st surv. son and heir ap. of Philip [Stanhope], 1st Earl of Chesterfield

mar. (2)

after 30 Jul 1664 Hon Juliana Noel (bapt. 4 Feb 1645/6; dspm. 14 Sep 1667; bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), 2nd dau. of Baptist [Noel], 3rd Viscount Campden, by his third wife Hon Hester Wotton, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Wotton], 2nd Baron Wotton

only child by second wife

1. Hon Juliana Alington (bapt. 30 Oct 1665; d. 10 Sep 1747; bur. at Langar, co. Nottingham), mar. after 15 Jul 1698 as his second wife Scrope [Howe], 1st Viscount Howe, and had issue

mar. (3)

15 Jul 1675 Lady Diana Verney (widow of Sir Greville Verney, de jure 9th Baron Willoughby de Broke; d. 13 Dec 1701; bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), 2nd dau. of William [Russell], 1st Duke of Bedford, by his wife Lady Anne Carr, only child and hrss. of Robert [Carr], 1st Earl of Somerset

children by third wife

1. Hon Giles Alington, later 4th and 2nd Baron Alington

2. Hon Diana Alington (b. 1676; d. 17 Jun 1705; bur. at Lilley, co. Hertford), mar. 18 Jun 1700 Sir George Warburton, 3rd Bt., of Warburton and Arley, co. Cheater, and had issue

3. Hon Catherine Alington (b. 27 Sep 1677; d. 13 Apr 1724; bur. at Mintern Magna, co. Dorset), mar. 28 Aug 1694 as his second wife Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Bt., of Middlemarsh Hall and More Critchell, co. Dorset, and had issue

died

1 Feb 1684/5 (bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge)

created

5 Dec 1682 Baron Alington, of Wymondley in the County of Hertford

suc. by

son by third wife

note

Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1664-81; served the Emperor against the Turks in Hungary; Col of a Regiment of Foot 1667; Maj General of the Land Forces 1678; Constable of the Tower of London 1679-85; Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1680/1-85

Giles [Alington], 4th and 2nd Baron Alington

born

4 Oct 1680

died

18 Sep 1691 (bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge)

suc. by

uncle

note

on his death the English Barony of Alington became extinct

Hildebrand [Alington], 5th Baron Alington

bapt.

3 Aug 1641

died

11 Feb 1722/3 (bur. at Wethersfield, co. Essex)

note

Capt in Lord Alington's Foot 1667, and in Lord Huntingdon's Foot 1685

On the death of the 5th Baron Alington the Irish Barony of Alington also became extinct.

 First written 30 Jan 2014

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