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Maj.-Gen. Sir James Harrington (Harington), Bt., MP

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Death: 1680 (72-73)
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Edward Harington, 2nd Baronet of Ridlington and Margery Harington
Husband of Katherine Harrington
Father of Sir Edmund Harington, 4th Baronet; Sir Edward Harington, 5th Baronet; Henry Harington and Margery Webb
Brother of Bridget Tyrrell and Theodosia Fountaine

Occupation: Commissioner at the Trial of Charles I, President of the Council of State, Major General
Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Maj.-Gen. Sir James Harrington, MP, 3rd Baronet

From Wikipedia, May 2014:

Sir James Harrington or Harington, 3rd Baronet of Ridlington (30 December 1607 – 1680)[1][2] was an English Member of Parliament for Rutland (1646–53) and Middlesex (1654–55).

As a major-general in the Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, Harrington fought at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.[3]

Although he did not sign the death warrant, Harrington was one of the Commissioners (Judges) at the trial of Charles I. During the Interregnum, he continued to serve the Parliamentary cause, he served on the first Council of State and later was for a time President of the Council. After the Restoration he was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act which pardoned most for taking up arms against the King in the Civil War, and died in exile on the European mainland.[2][4] His baronetcy, which he had inherited on his father's death in 1653, was declared forfeited for life in 1661

The Indemnity and Oblivion Act fulfilled the suggestion given in the Declaration of Breda that reprisals against the establishment which had developed during the English Interregnum would be restricted to those who had officiated in the regicide of King Charles I.

The passage of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act through the Convention Parliament was secured by Lord Clarendon, the first minister of King Charles II, and it became law on 29 August 1660 during the first year of the English Restoration.