Francis Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook
Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook( 8 December 1850 – 12 April 1929), styled Viscount Baring from 1876 to 1904, was a British politician.
Northbrook was the eldest and only surviving son of Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, and his wife Elizabeth Harriett, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and sister of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington.
He was educated at Eton and later served in the Rifle Brigade and in the Grenadier Guards.
Between 1873 and 1876 he was Aide- de- Camp to the Viceroy of India, his father.
In 1880 he entered the House of Commons for Winchester as a Liberal, a seat he held until 1885.
He disagreed with William Ewart Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and later represented Biggleswade as a Liberal Unionist from 1886 to 1892.
In 1904 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Lord Northbrook married firstly Ada Ethel Sophie, daughter of Cuthbert Davidson and former wife of Ian Robert James Murray Grant, in 1894.
She died suddenly only a month after their marriage.
He married secondly Florence Anita, daughter of Eyre Coote and widow of Sir Robert John Abercromby, 7th Baronet, in 1899.
There were no children from the two marriages.
Northbrook died in April 1929, aged 78, when the viscountcy of Baring and earldom became extinct.
He was succeeded in his junior title of Baron Northbrook and in the Baring Baronetcy by his first cousin, Francis Arthur Baring.
The Countess of Northbrook, who was appointed a CBE, died in December 1946, aged 85.
Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington
Captain Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington of Killard (3 August 1641 – 11 February 1722/23) was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard, and Lady Alington, the former Elizabeth Tollemache.
He was one of the couple's youngest children, and his forename was a family name that honoured their Norman ancestor, Sir Hildebrand de Alington.
He became an army officer, receiving a captain's commission from King James II of England in 1685.
Hildebrand succeeded to the Irish title of 5th Baron Alington on 18 September 1691, on the death of his nephew, the 4th Baron, who had died without male issue; the English peerage became extinct.
In 1700, he sold part of his estate, possibly anticipating the extinction of the title.
He never married, though his elder brother William had urged him to, and on his death the Irish Barony, Alington of Killard, also became extinct.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
William Alington, 1st Baron Alington
William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard( baptised 14 March 1610/ 11 – buried 25 October 1648) was an Irish peer, the son of Sir Giles Alington.
He was created 1st Baron Alington of Killard, on 28 July 1642.
He married Elizabeth Tollemache, daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Stanhope, before 1 October 1631.
They had at least 6 children:
After his death his widow, Lady Alington, remarried Sir William Compton, who died in 1663.
She died in 1671.
William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington
Major General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington LL( bef. 1641 – 1 February 1685) was an 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, Co. 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.
He was created 1st Baron Alington of Wymondley, Hertfordshire on 5 December 1682.
He served as Constable of the Tower from 1679 to his death and as Lord- Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 1681 to his death.
Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington
Captain Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1 November 1896 – 17 September 1940) was a British peer, the son of Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington.
He was born in November 1896 in St. Marylebone district of London.
He succeeded to the Barony on 30 July 1919 on the death of his father.
He owned the Crichel House estate in Dorset.
He married Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, on 27 November 1928.
They had one child: Hon.
Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (b. 1929, d. 2010) who later fought the Government and won, leading to the resignation of a Minister, in the Crichel Down Affair.
Alington may well be most notable for having dated Tallulah Bankhead in the 1920s.
Alington was described as "well cultivated, bisexual, with sensuous, meaty lips, a distant, antic charm, a history of mysterious disappearances, and a streak of cruelty."
His bisexuality was well known.
He was a friend of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski who dedicated his highly sensuous "Songs of an infatuated Muezzin Op.42" to the handsome young Englishman, on their publication in 1922.
He had no male heir upon his death, so the title became extinct.
The Crichel estate passed to his 11-year-old daughter Mary, who later married Commander George (known as "Toby") Marten.
Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington
Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (16 May 1825 – 17 February 1904) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
The son of Henry Sturt, he was created 1st Baron Alington of Crichel on 15 January 1876.
Sturt was twice married.
On 10 September 1853, he wed Lady Augusta Bingham, the daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.
They had three children:-
On 10 February 1892, Sturt wed Evelyn Henrietta Leigh.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Henry Sturt
Henry Charles Sturt (9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician.
Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington
Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington, KCVO( 20 August 1859 – 30 July 1919) was a British peer, the son of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington.
He succeeded to the Barony on 17 February 1904.

Question: When did Henry Sturt, 1St Baron Alington's father die?
Answer: 14 April 1866