Giles Alington (academic)

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Giles Alington ( 29 May 1914 – 24 February 1956) was a

Fellow of University College, Oxford, from 1944 to 1956.[1]

Biography

Alington was eldest son of the Very Revd Dr

dean at Durham Cathedral, and his wife, Hester Margaret, née Lyttelton.[2]

His father came from a long line of clerics, a branch of the landed gentry Alington family of Little Barford Manor House, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, and was descended from the Alingtons of Horseheath, an ancient Cambridgeshire family, from which also descended the Barons Alington.[3]

Before

National Association of Probation Officers.[4] Alington was unable to join up during World War II due to ill health. Instead, he helped Arthur Goodhart as coordinator of the wartime Short Leave Courses at Balliol College, Oxford.[5][6]

Alington was a dominant figure amongst the fellows at University College in the post-war years. He was appointed

Oxford Prison.[4]

Master of University College from 1945 to 1951, during much of Alington's time as a Fellow at the College. Wild went on to succeed Giles Alington's father, Cyril Alington, as Dean of Durham Cathedral.[citation needed
]

Death

Giles Alington died at the age of 41.[

of what?
]

The Alington Room at University College is named in his memory.[citation needed]

He had three surviving sisters, Lavinia, Joan and Elizabeth. Lavinia was married to the academic

Prime Minister
.

Another Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, who had connections with University College, was also a friend and colleague. Harold and Mary Wilson named their son Giles after Alington.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0
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  2. ^ Giles Alington — Personal Sheet
  3. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, ed. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, 1972, Alington of Little Barford pedigree
  4. ^
    doi:10.1177/026455055600800112
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-920181-5
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  6. ^ Ministry of Information official photographer. "University dons with British and American servicemen in the grounds of Balliol College, Oxford". The Home Front in Britain 1939–1945. Balliol College, Oxford: Imperial War Museum. TR 1623. Retrieved 25 January 2018.


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