Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington


Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington of Gleaston Castle in the manor of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer.

Origins

He was born at Gleaston Hall in the manor of Aldingham, and was baptised at Aldingham. He was the son and heir of John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington by his wife, whose name is not known, possibly she was Joan de Birmingham, his step-sister.

Career

His father died in 1363 when Robert was a minor aged 7, and he became a ward of King Edward III, who granted the custody of his paternal lands to his daughter Isabella of England, wife of Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy, 1st Earl of Bedford. He exited wardship having attained his majority of 21 and in 1377 was knighted at the coronation of King Richard II. He rebuilt his ancestral seat as a castle, recorded for the first time in 1389 as Gleaston Castle.

Marriages and children

He married twice:
He died on 21 May 1406 at Aldingham.