Baron Alington was a title that was created three times in British history. The first creation came in the

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on 28 July 1642 when William Alington was made Baron Alington, of Killard in the County of Cork. His second son, the third Baron (who succeeded in the title on the early death of his elder brother), was a

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in the

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. On 5 December 1682 he was created Baron Alington, of Wymondley in the County of Hertford, in the

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. The English barony became extinct on the death of his young son Giles, the fourth Baron, in 1691. The late Baron was succeeded in the Irish barony by his uncle, the fifth Baron. He was a captain in the army. On his death, in February 1723, the Irish barony became extinct as well. The title was revived on 15 January 1876 when the peer and

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politician Henry Sturt was made Baron Alington, of

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in the County of

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, in the

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. He was the son of Henry Sturt, great-grandson of

Humphrey Sturt Humphrey Sturt (''c.'' 1724 – 20 October 1786) was a British landowner, architect and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1754 to 1784. Early life and family Sturt was the son of Humphrey Sturt (1687-1 ...

by his wife Diana (through which marriage

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came into the Sturt family), daughter of

Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet (c. 1668 – 24 February 1728), of Moor Crichel, Dorset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1695 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1722. E ...

, and Catherine, daughter of the third Baron of the 1642 creation. Lord Alington was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He represented Dorset East in Parliament. His eldest son, Captain Gerard Philip Montagu Napier Sturt (1893–1918), died on

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1918, from wounds received in action, unmarried. Lord Alington was therefore succeeded by his second son, the third Baron. He was a Group Captain in the Royal Air Force. He had no sons and on his death on active service in 1940, the title became extinct. The family seat of Crichel House passed to the late Baron's daughter, Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (1929–2010).

Barons Alington; First and second creations (1642/1682)

William Alington, 1st Baron Alington William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (baptised 14 March 1610/1611 – buried 25 October 1648) was an Irish peer, the son of Sir Giles Alington. He was created 1st Baron Alington of Killard, on 28 July 1642. Biography He married Eliz ...

(died 1648) * Giles Alington, 2nd Baron Alington (died 1659) * William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington, 1st Baron Alington (died 1685) (created Baron Alington in the Peerage of England in 1682) * Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington, 2nd Baron Alington (1680–1691) * Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington of Killard (1641–1723)

Barons Alington; Third creation (1876)

* Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (1825–1904) * Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington (1859–1919) * Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940)

References

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