Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet (1654 – 5 July 1714) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son

Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 1682) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the only son of Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne. In 1658, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet. ...

and his first wife, Anne Partiger. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bingham was educated at the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

. From 1682 he was

Custos Rotulorum of Mayo The Custos Rotulorum of Mayo was the highest civil officer in County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after th ...

. In 1692, Bingham entered the

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for

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

, representing the constituency until his death in 1714. He was

High Sheriff of Mayo The High Sheriff of Mayo was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Mayo, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Mayo County Sheriff. The sheriff ...

in 1684 and again in 1694. On 4 September 1677, he married firstly Jane Cuffe, daughter of Sir James Cuffe, he married secondly Lettice Hart née Vesey widow of Merrick Hart. He died childless and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger half-brother George.

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