Sir John Harington (August 4, 1561 - November 20, 1612) was the inventor of the first modern Flush toilet. He became a prominent member of Queen Elizabeth I's court, and was known as her 'saucy Godson'. But because of his poetry and other writings, he fell in and ultimately out of favor with the queen, as well as with her successor, King James I of England. He was educated at Eton and King's College Cambridge. Wikipedia
See Ian Grimble's The Harington Family , published by Jonathan Cape, London 1957 for a more detailed history. www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/bagley.htm#THF
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John Harington Sir John Harington (1560-1612) was an ambitious courtier who spent much of his life seeking favor at Queen Elizabeth's Court www.answers.com/harington
Harington was high sheriff of Somerset in 1592 and received Elizabeth at his house during her western progress of 1591. www.nndb.com/people/053/000101747/
Sir John's wife is named in TCP (Harington) as Joan, in BE1883 (Harington) as Margaret (daughter of Sir Richard Barlingham), and by BP1934 (Harington) as Juliana (daughter of Sir Richard Barlingham). www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/hh4aa/harington1.htm
