James Harington

James Harington or Harrington is the name of:

Sir James Harrington (Yorkist knight), 15th century MP for Lancashire
James Harrington (priest) (16th century), dean of York
Sir James Harington (lawyer) (c. 1510–c. 1590), English public servant
James Harrington, Lord Mayors of York in 1560
James Harrington (author) (1611–1677), sometimes spelled Harington, English political philosopher, known for Oceana
James Harrington (1664-1693), 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 Brockton, Massachusetts

Five Harington baronets have had the name James including:

Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet (1542–1614), brother of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington, MP for Rutland, high sheriff of Rutland and Oxfordshire
Major-General Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet (1607–1680), officer in the New Model Army and regicide

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