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The Very Reverend

Cyril Alington
Dean of Durham
Alington in 1908 at the time of his appointment to Shrewsbury School
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Durham
In office1933 to 1951
Other post(s)Headmaster of Shrewsbury School (1908–1916)
Head Master of Eton College (1916–1933)
Orders
Ordination1901
Personal details
Born
Cyril Argentine Alington

(1872-10-22)22 October 1872
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died16 May 1955(1955-05-16) (aged 82)
St Weonards, Herefordshire, England
BuriedDurham Cathedral
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsHenry Giles Alington (1837–1928)
Jane Margaret Booth (d. 1910)
SpouseHester Margaret Lyttelton (d. 1958)
Children6, including Elizabeth and Giles

Cyril Argentine Alington (22 October 1872 – 16 May 1955) was an English educationalist, scholar, cleric, and author. He was successively the headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College. He also served as chaplain to King George V and as Dean of Durham.

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Eton College controversies

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look into rumours that she was seducing boys at Eton. The headmaster, Cyril Alington, was unwilling to share what he knew and was anxious to keep the story...

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An Eton Poetry Book

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John Vaughan Wilkes

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Neville Cardus

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identified most closely with Cyril Alington, the school's headmaster: "Because of Alington I call myself ... an old Salopian". Alington first detected Cardus's...

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Ronald Knox

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served in military intelligence for the British Armed Forces. In 1915, Cyril Alington, the headmaster of Shrewsbury School, invited Knox to join the teaching...

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Hugh Kingsmill

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Enemies of Promise

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Collins Crime Club

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by a panel of experts (only one of whom seems to have been named — Cyril Alington) and they chose for each month one book which they termed a Selection...

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Bill Alington

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List of Old Marlburians

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