Not only is Kit Harington the relative of John Harington — a 16th century author, poet, and inventor of Britain's first flushed toilet — but that same ancestor might be the very reason we call a toilet "the John." In an interview with Elle Magazine, the topic of Harington's royally flushed past came up.
Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby. ... His given name is Christopher Catesby Harington. "If you asked someone on the street they'd know the name Guy Fawkes. They know that barrels of gunpowder were put underneath parliament.
Kit Harington has something in common with his Game of Thrones character Jon Snow: they're both descended from royalty, though Harington's lineage doesn't make him a secret king. ... Denny married Richard Harington, who had the title of the 12th Baronet Harington, a title that has existed since the 1400s.
The answer: plenty! Kit is a married man now, who's dabbling in theater, working on his physical and mental health and staying connected to his former Game of Thrones castmates. He admittedly had a very tough time leaving GoT behind.
Robert adhered to his parents' faith. He attended Gloucester Hall, Oxford, in 1586, the choice of a college noted for its Catholic intake being perhaps significant. ... His elder son, William, died young, and Catesby lost Catherine soon after, leaving him with an only surviving child, Robert, baptized on 11 November 1595.
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