George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan

Irish peer and soldier

Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan, KP (8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914), styled Lord Bingham from 1839 to 1888, was an Irish peer and soldier.

He was the eldest son of George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan and Lady Anne Brudenell. His maternal grandparents were Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan and Penelope Anne Cooke. He was educated at Rugby School and entered the Army.

He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Coldstream Guards and served as aide-de-camp to his father, who commanded the cavalry division during the Crimea War. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1888.^[1]

He was elected a Member of Parliament for Mayo from 1865 to 1874. He was appointed Vice-Admiral of Connaught in 1889, and Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for County Mayo in 1901. He was created a Knight of St. Patrick in 1899.^[1]

He married Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox. She was the youngest daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Paget. Caroline was the eldest daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and his first wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers. The elder Caroline was a daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey and Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. They had seven children:

George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan (13 December 1860 – 20 April 1949).
Sir Cecil Edward Bingham (7 December 1861 – 31 May 1934). A major general of the British Army.
Sir Francis Richard Bingham (5 July 1863 – 5 November 1935). A major general of the British Army.
Alexander Frederick Bingham (3 August 1864 – 26 May 1909).
Albert Edward Bingham (30 June 1866 – 6 November 1941).
Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham (26 February 1869 – 18 January 1958). Married James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn; they are ancestors of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Capt. Lionel Ernest Bingham (4 November 1876 – 26 July 1927).

He was succeeded in the title by his eldest son George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan .

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan

16. Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, of Castlebar

8. Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan

17. Anne Vesey

4. Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan

18. Sir James Smith

9. Margaret Smith

19. Grace Dyke

2. George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan

20. Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg

10. Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg

21. Catherine Fowler

5. Lady Elizabeth Belasyse

22. Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet, of Brocket Hall

11. Charlotte Lamb

23. Charlotte Cooke

1. George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan

24. George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan

12. Hon. Robert Brudenell

25. Lady Elizabeth Bruce

6. Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan

26. Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet, of Parham

13. Anne Bishopp

27. Anne Boscawen

3. Lady Anne Brudenell

28. George Cooke

14. George John Cooke

29. Catherine Twysden

7. Penelope Anne Cooke

30. Sir William Bowyer, 3rd Baronet, of Denham Court

15. Penelope Bowyer

31. Anne Stonhouse

The Complete Peerage

References

^ ^a ^b "The Fourth Earl of Lucan". Ask About Ireland. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Lucan

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Roger William Henry Palmer Lord John Browne	Member of Parliament for Mayo 1865–1874 With: Lord John Browne 1865–1868 George Henry Moore 1868–1870 George Ekins Browne 1870–1874	Succeeded by George Ekins Browne Thomas Tighe
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Portarlington	Representative peer for Ireland 1889–1914	Succeeded by The Earl of Lucan
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Arran	Lord Lieutenant of Mayo 1901–1914	Succeeded by The Marquess of Sligo
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by George Bingham	Earl of Lucan 1888–1914	Succeeded by George Bingham