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Harington used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1741 (Franks 13779); the extent and disposition of his library is not known, but the baronetcy passed to his eldest son James (1726-93). The bookplate was later reworked for his second son Richard Harington (1729-1812; Franks 13782).
  
 
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Sir James HARINGTON, 6th baronet 1708/9-1782

Biographical Note

Son of Richard Harington of Iver; he inherited the Harington baronetcy from his great uncle Sir Edward in 1716. The family estate was at Burton, Oxfordshire. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1724 but did not graduate.

Books

Harington used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1741 (Franks 13779); the extent and disposition of his library is not known, but the baronetcy passed to his eldest son James (1726-93). The bookplate was later reworked for his second son Richard Harington (1729-1812; Franks 13782).

Sources

  • Harington baronets, Wikipedia.
  • The Peerage.com.
  • Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed ... by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, London, 1903-4.