Harington baronets

The Harington[1] Baronetcy, of Ridlington in the county of Rutland, is a title in the Baronetage of England.

The third Baronet was a Major-General in the Parliamentarian Army and one of the judges appointed to try Charles I, although he refused to sit.

Richard Harington, son of the eighth baronet, was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Sir Charles Robert Harington (1897–1972), son of Reverend Charles Harington, second son of the eleventh Baronet, was Professor of Chemical Pathology at the University of London and Director of the National Institute for Medical Research.

[7] The heir apparent to the baronetcy is the present holder's elder son John "Jack" Catesby Harington (born 1984).