He was elected MP for
Rutland (1646–1653) and
Middlesex (1654–55). Although he did not sign the death warrant, Harrington was one of the
Commissioners (Judges) at the trial of
Charles I. During the
Interregnum, he continued to serve the Parliamentary cause, He served on the first
Council of State and later was for a time president of the council. After the
Restoration he was exempted from the
Indemnity and Oblivion Act which pardoned most for taking up arms against the King in the Civil War, and died in exile on the European mainland.[2][15] His baronetcy, which he had inherited on his father's death in 1653, was declared forfeited for life in 1661.[16]
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References writes that in most existing contemporary records the spelling of the name was with a double 'r', and that the single 'r' is used in some instances, and that this is the way the family spells their name today.
John Adair, Cheriton 1644: The Campaign and the Battle, Kineton: Roundwood, 1973, ISBN 0-900093-19-6.
Lt-Col
Alfred H. Burne & Lt-Col
Peter Young, The Great Civil War: A Military History of the First Civil War 1642–1646, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959/Moreton-in-Marsh, Windrush Press, 1998, ISBN 1-900624-22-2.