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He was excepted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act – a law that stopped the government from punishing ex-parliamentarians – and his title was forfeited for life in 1661. The second Baronet was a Royalist while the third was a Major-General in the Parliamentarian Army during the Civil War and one of the judges appointed to try Charles I, although he refused to sit. James’s elder brother was John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton.

Just as House Stark is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, The Harington Baronetcy held political and royal power in the 17th century. The family’s title was created on June 29, 1611, for James Hari, a descendant of John Harington, one of the Barons summoned to Parliament by Edward II. His great-uncle, Kenneth Harington, even married into royalty, tying the knot with the Queen’s cousin, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon.Īnd 30-year-old Kit’s great-great-great-great-granddad George Legge, was the 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, and held the responsibility for appointing Lord Chamberlain – a role very similar to that of Jon’s father Ned, who served a brief stint as Hand of the King under Robert Baratheon, before the throne passed to his psychotic son Joffrey, and Ned met a gruesome end.ĭramatic new research by Findmypast also reveals Kit’s family are descended from The Harington Baronetcy of Ridlington, in the county of Rutland. His paternal great-granddad Sir Richard Harington held the title of 12th Baronet and High Sheriff of Herefordshire and served as a judge in Bengal, India. In real life though, there is no doubting Kit’s noble ancestry.

Jon's noble roots have shown themselves however, through his bravery and natural leadership. In season seven of the hit show, we found out that Jon Snow was actually the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, and so was the true heir to the Iron Throne.