Juliet Martin Bingley

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(1925–2005, née Vick) was an English social worker. She was chair of

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for four years and one of the founders of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease, of which she was for a time vice-chair.

Early life and education

Juliet Martin Vick was born in

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in London; her father was surgeon Reginald Vick. She attended

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and gained a degree in social administration at London School of Economics.

Personal life

She married Alec Bingley in 1948, and they bought a house Hoddensbury in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, which was her home to the end of her life. He was knighted in 1959, which gave her the title Lady Bingley. They lived in Malta in 1958–1961 while he was Commander in Chief of the

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. They had three children, all of whom survived her along with seven grandchildren. She died on 16 January 2005, in hospital after a stroke.

Social work

Bingley started work in 1945 as a

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at St Bartholomew's Hospital, but gave up this career in 1948 when she married, resuming it when widowed 24 years later. While living in Malta with her husband she became involved in work improving the social welfare system there, and when in 1961 he was posted as Commander in Chief at Portsmouth she worked to improve the Naval Family Welfare Services. After his retirement she became involved with the

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(now MIND), and was its chair 1979–1983. After her husband died suddenly in 1972, Bingley resumed work as a medical social worker, taking a part-time post at

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, London. The hospital specialised in intestinal disorders and she supported patients whose lives were affected by these disabling conditions. In 1979 she was one of the founders of the then National Association for Colitis and

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, now

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. She was appointed

in the

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, "For services to St. Mark's Hospital, City and Hackney Health Authority".

Publications

In 2002 she published a book of poetry, ''What it was and what it was not'' (Rockingham Press: ), based on her years living in Malta 1958–1961. She also published four children's books.

References

External links

* ''Paper by her son, presented at th
10th anniversary meeting
of the King's College London Social Work History Network'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingley, Juliet 1925 births 2005 deaths English social workers People educated at King Alfred School, London Alumni of the London School of Economics