James Harington or Harrington may refer to: * Sir

James Harrington (Yorkist knight) Sir James Harrington of Hornby ( – 22 August 1485) was an English politician and soldier who was a prominent Yorkist supporter in Northern England during the Wars of the Roses, having been retained by Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, ...

, 15th century MP for Lancashire * James Harrington (priest) (16th century),

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* Sir

James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington of Exton (c. 1511 – 1592) was a 16th-century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565. Public career James Harington's legal career began at a y ...

(c. 1510–1592), English public servant * James Harrington,

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in 1560 *

James Harrington (author) James Harrington (or Harington; 3 January 1611 – 11 September 1677) was an English political theorist of classical republicanism. He is best known for his controversial publication ''The Commonwealth of Oceana'' (1656). This work was an exposi ...

(1611–1677), sometimes spelled Harington, English political philosopher, known for ''Oceana'' *

James Harrington (1664–1693) James Harrington (1664–1693) was a lawyer and poet, son of James Harrington of Waltham Abbey, Essex. Education and career Harrington was educated a Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. on 28 May 1687, and took t ...

, lawyer and poet * James Harrington (Georgia politician), American politician who ran in the 2000 US House of Representatives elections in Georgia * James Harrington, former mayor of

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* James C. Harrington, Texas civil rights lawyer Five Harington baronets have had the name James including: * Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet (1542–1614), MP for Rutland, high sheriff of Rutland and Oxfordshire *

Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet Colonel Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet (30 December 1607 – ) was an English politician and military officer who fought on the Parliamentarian side during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.John Tapin References writes that in most existing con ...

(1607–1680), officer in the New Model Army and regicide

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