James Harington or Harrington may refer to: * Sir

James Harrington (Yorkist knight) Sir James Harrington of Hornby ( – 22 August 1485) was an English politician and soldier who was a prominent Yorkist supporter in Northern England during the Wars of the Roses, having been retained by Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, ...

, 15th century MP for Lancashire *

James Harrington (priest) 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 * ...

(16th century),

dean of York Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

* Sir

James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington of Exton (c. 1511 – 1592) was a 16th-century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565. Public career James Harington's legal career began at a y ...

(c. 1510–1592), English public servant * James Harrington,

Lord Mayors of York Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

in 1560 *

James Harrington (author) James Harrington (or Harington) (3 January 1611 – 11 September 1677) was an English political theorist of classical republicanism. He is best known for his controversial publication ''The Commonwealth of Oceana'' (1656). This work was an expos ...

(1611–1677), sometimes spelled Harington, English political philosopher, known for ''Oceana'' *

James Harrington (1664–1693) James Harrington (1664–1693) was a lawyer and poet, son of James Harrington of Waltham Abbey, Essex. Education and career Harrington was educated a Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. on 28 May 1687, and took t ...

, 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 Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population is 105,643 as of the 2020 United States Census. Along with Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth, it is one of the two county seats of ...

James C. Harrington James C. Harrington is a Texas civil rights lawyer and founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Dedicated to social justice, he fought for workers' rights alongside Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Harrington had a reputation for taking ...

, Texas civil rights lawyer Five

Harington baronets The Harington Baronetcy, of Ridlington in the county of Rutland, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1611 for James Harington. He was a descendant of John Harington, one of the Barons summoned to Parliament by Edwa ...

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 Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet of Ridlington (30 December 1607 – 1680)John Tapin References writes that in most existing contemporary records the spelling of the name was with a double 'r', and that the single 'r' is used in some instances, an ...

(1607–1680), officer in the New Model Army and regicide

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