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John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton

Also Known As: "Baron Harington of Exton"
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Birthplace: Combe Abbey, nr Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: February 27, 1614 (21-22)
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Son of John Harrington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton and Anne Harington
Brother of Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford; Frances Chichester and Robert Harrington

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About John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton

John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton (1592 – 27 February 1614), was a young English peer and politician. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Baron Harington of Exton. He was educated with the Prince of Wales and they remained close friends until the prince's death. He was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1607.

He succeeded his father as Baron in August 1613.

He was the surviving son of Sir John Harington (later created Baron Harington of Exton in 1603) and his wife, Anne Keilway, daughter of Robert Keilway, Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries, born at Combe Abbey, near Coventry, Warwickshire, in April 1592.

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1592
1592
Combe Abbey, nr Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
1614
February 27, 1614
Age 22