Baron Alington
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Baron Alington is a title that has been created three times in British history. The title was first created on 28 July 1642, when William Alington was created Baron Alington, of Killard, in the County of Cork, in the Peerage of Ireland. On 5 December 1682 his second son, the 3rd Baron, was created Baron Alington, of Wymondley, in the County of Hertfordshire, in the Peerage of England. The English Barony became extinct on the death of his young son Giles, the 4th and 2nd Baron respectively, in 1691, while the Irish Barony was inherited by Giles' uncle, the 5th Baron. On his death in February 1723 the Irish Barony became extinct as well.
The title was revived on 15 January 1876 when the horse racing profile and Dorset MP Henry Sturt was made Baron Alington, of Crichel in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was a female-line great-great-great-great-grandson of the 3rd Baron of the 1642 creation. This title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the 3rd Baron, in 1940.
[edit] Barons Alington (1642)
- William Alington, 1st Baron Alington (d. 1648)
- Giles Alington, 2nd Baron Alington (d. 1659)
- William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington, 1st Baron Alington (died 1684) (created Baron Alington in the Peerage of England in 1682)
- Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington, 2nd Baron Alington (1680–1691) (English barony extinct)
- Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington (1641–1723)
