Background
Alington was eldest son of the Very Revd Doctor Cyril Alington, Headmaster of Eton College and Dean at Durham Cathedral, and his wife, Hester Margaret, née Lyttelton (Commander of the Order of the British Empire. (1874–1958).
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Giles Alington
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Before World World War II, Alington was Assistant Secretary of the National Association of Probation Officers. Alington was unable to join up during World World War II due to ill health. Instead, he helped Arthur Goodhart as coordinator of the wartime Short Leave Courses at Balliol College, Oxford.
Giles Alington was a dominant figure amongst the fellows at University College in the post-war years.
He was appointed Dean of the College in 1945 and also Senior Tutor from 1948 until his death. John Wild was Master of University College from 1945 to 1951, during much of Alington"s time as a Fellow at the College.
Wild went on to succeed Giles Alington"s father, Cyril Alington, as Dean of Durham Cathedral. Giles Alington died at the early age of 41.
The Alington Room at University College is named in his memory.
He had three surviving sisters, Lavinia, Joan and Elizabeth. Lavinia was married to the academic Roger Mynors. Joan was married to John Vaughan Wilkes and was the mother of another academic Kathy Wilkes.
Elizabeth married Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister.
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While in Oxford, he was also a magistrate and a member of the Visiting Justices" Committee at Oxford Prison.
