Simon John Ward Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris (born 25 October 1937), is an

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peer. Bingham is the son of

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, and his wife Madeleine (née Ebel). He was educated at

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near

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, before completing National Service as 2nd Lieutenant in 1957–1958. In 1961 he graduated from

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, earning a Bachelor of Arts and later becoming a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1971, he married Gizella Maria Zverkó, daughter of Zandor Zverkó. The two had their only child, Lucy Katherine Gizella Bingham, in 1974. As he has no male heir, the

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is his second cousin Robert Derek de Burgh Bingham.

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1937 births Living people Clanmorris Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge {{Ireland-baron-stub