Harrington

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Fillingham (& L Harrington) 20.1.1804 at theatre / 27.11.1804 la Harrington at Wake's / 27.1.1805 again / 18.3.1805 again / 16.5.1805 sir Edward Harrington at Wake's

Because the three la(dy) Harringtons at Wake's were followed by Sir Edward at Wake's I assume she was his wife and so the L(ord) Harrington at the theatre was probably Charles Stanhope DNB 1753-1829 3rd Earl of Harrington, army general and courtier (gold stick in waiting). Sir Edward Harrington (also spelt Harington) was the Mayor of Bath (where Wake had lived) knighted in 1795, "son of the physician" (Edward Harrington Doctor in Physic of Bath will PCC 1757). Listed in Literary Memoirs of Living Authors (Rivers 1798) as having "genius amid a profusion of eccentricity", he wrote "An Excursion from Paris"1786 "A Schizzo on the Genius of Man" 1793 "Desultory Thoughts on the French Nation" and "Remarks on a Letter" 1796. He married miss Wake of Bath (Jackson's Oxford Journal 18.2.1804). This was probably Frances the only daughter mentioned in the will of Wake's father (see Wake, William Robert). Harington died aged 54 (Jackson's Oxford Journal 18.3.1807)