Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (4 December 1764 – 30 June 1839), styled The Honourable from 1776 to 1795 and subsequently Lord Bingham until 1799, was an Irish peer and
Tory
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politician.
Background
He was the only son of
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (22 September 1735 – 29 March 1799), known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet, from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish peer and politician.
Background
He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, a ...
, and his wife
Margaret Smith, daughter of Sir James Smith. Bingham was educated at
The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster and
Christ Church, Oxford
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. In 1799, he succeeded his father as earl.
Career
Bingham entered the
British House of Commons
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for
St Albans
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in 1790, representing the constituency until 1800. After the
Act of Union in the following year, he sat as
Irish representative peer
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in the
House of Lords
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from 1802 until his death in 1839.
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Family
On 26 May 1794, he married Lady Elizabeth Belasyse, third daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg (13 April 1742 – 23 March 1802) was a British politician and peer.
Family
Fauconberg was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg and Catherine Betham.Arthur Collins, ''The peerage of England'' (177 ...
and former wife of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842), was a British peer.
Early life
Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (die ...
, and had by her five daughters and two sons. They separated in 1804. Bingham died, aged 74 at his residence at Serpentine Terrace, Knightsbridge
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and was succeeded in his titles by his older son George
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Names
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
People
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE
* George, stage name of Gior ...
. His second son, Richard Camden Bingham, was a diplomat.[ His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, married ]George Harcourt
George Granville Harcourt (''né'' Venables-Harcourt and Vernon-Harcourt, 6 August 1785 – 19 December 1861) was a British Whig and then Conservative Party politician.
Background
Harcourt was the eldest son of clergyman Edward Venables-Verno ...
.
He was acquainted with the novelist Jane Austen
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, who in a letter dated 8 February 1807 reported that "Lord Lucan has taken a mistress."
References
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1764 births
1839 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
British MPs 1790–1796
British MPs 1796–1800
Irish representative peers
Hereditary peers elected to the House of Commons
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
People educated at Westminster School, London
Politicians from County Mayo
Members of the Irish House of Lords
Richard
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Bingham Baronets, of Castlebar