William Harington (c.1394–1458) was an English

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who inherited the title of 5th Baron Harington of

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. He was son of Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington, whose title he inherited in 1418 after the death of his older brother,

John Harington, 4th Baron Harington John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (1384 – 11 April 1418) was an English people, English nobleman who inherited the title of Baron Harington of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire. He was the son of Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington and Isabell ...

. Lord Harington served in the 1452-53 Gascony campaign of the

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under the leadership of " Old Talbot". He died without surviving sons, and so his title passed to the son of his daughter,

William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington (1442 – 30 December 1460) was an English nobleman who was a loyal adherent of the House of York during the dynastic conflict in England in the 15th century now known as the Wars of the Roses. He was slain ...

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1458 deaths

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