William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington

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William Alington
Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets
  • Baron Alington of Wymondley
  • Bornbefore 1641
    Died(1685-02-01)1 February 1685
    NationalityIrish
    Spouse(s)
    • Catherine Stanhope
    • Diana Russell
    Issue
    • Catherine Alington
    • Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington
    Parents
  • Elizabeth Tollemache
  • Major General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington

    Irish peer
    .

    Alington was the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Alington of Killard, County Cork circa March 1660, on the death of his brother the 2nd Baron who died without male issue.

    In 1664, he was elected

    Member of Parliament for Cambridge in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament and was re-elected for the same constituency in 1679 and 1681.[1]
    He was created 1st Baron Alington of Wymondley, Hertfordshire on 5 December 1682.

    He served as

    Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
    from 1681 to his death.

    Private life

    He died in 1685, having married three times.

    Alington married (1) Catherine Stanhope, daughter of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope, and his wife, Katherine, before 1662.

    He married (2) Hon. Juliana Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden, on 30 July 1664.

    He married (3) Lady Diana Russell, daughter of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, on 15 July 1675. They had two children.

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    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

    1681–1685
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
    1681–1685
    Succeeded by
    Peerage of England
    New title Baron Alington of Wymondley
    1682–1684/85
    Succeeded by
    Giles Alington
    Peerage of Ireland
    Preceded by
    Giles Alington
    Baron Alington of Killard
    1659/60–1684/85
    Succeeded by
    Giles Alington