1929, d. 2010)[2] who later fought the Government and won, leading to the resignation of a Minister, in the Crichel Down Affair.

Alington was described as "well cultivated, bisexual, with sensuous, meaty lips, a distant, antic charm, a history of mysterious disappearances, and a streak of cruelty.

[4] He was a friend of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski who dedicated his highly sensuous Songs of an infatuated Muezzin Op.42 to the handsome young Englishman, on their publication in 1922.

The Crichel estate passed to his 11-year-old daughter Mary, who later married Commander George (known as "Toby") Marten.

In World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.