Baron Alington

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Coat of arms of the Barons Alington (third award)

Baron Alington was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Ireland , in the Peerage of England and the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Awards

The first time the title Baron Alington , of Killard in the County of Cork , was created on July 28, 1642 in the Peerage of Ireland for William Alington . His younger son, William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington , was Major-General in the English Army and a Member of the House of Commons . On December 5, 1682 he was also awarded the title Baron Alington , of Wymondley in the County of Hertford , by Letters patent in the Peerage of England . The English title expired on the death of his son, the 4th or 2nd baron , on September 18, 1691, the Irish title on the death of his brother, the 5th baron , in February 1723.

On January 15, 1876, the title Baron Alington , of Crichel in the County of Dorset , was recreated in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for the Conservative MP Henry Sturt . The title expired on the death of his grandson, the 3rd Baron, on September 17, 1940.

List of Barons Alington

Barone Alington, first bestowal (1642)

Barone Alington, second bestowal (1682)

Barone Alington, third award (1876)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The London Gazette : No. 24283, p. 99 , Jan. 11, 1876.

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