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Marmaduke Alington, of an old East Anglian family,1Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. 1), 8. was family lawyer to the Drakes of Shardeloes.2Tyrwhitt-Drake mss 1/92, 93, Bucks. RO. On their interest he was returned as a Tory for Amersham in 1728 at a by-election caused by the death of Montague Garrard Drake, whose heir was a child. His only known vote was against the excise bill in 1733 and he did not stand again. He died 5 Sept. 1749.